"play away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: plays away [present, singular, third-person], playing away [participle, present], played away [participle, past], played away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} play away (third-person singular simple present plays away, present participle playing away, simple past and past participle played away)
  1. (intransitive, slang) To be sexually unfaithful out of one's home Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-play_away-en-verb-FCwBTjiq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away)

Inflected forms

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