"play games" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-play games.ogg [Australia] Forms: plays games [present, singular, third-person], playing games [participle, present], played games [participle, past], played games [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=play games}} play games (third-person singular simple present plays games, present participle playing games, simple past and past participle played games)
  1. (idiomatic) To deceive; to lie about one's intentions. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-play_games-en-verb-nPjEmsmm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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