"play the advantage" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays the advantage",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing the advantage",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the advantage",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the advantage",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "play the advantage (third-person singular simple present plays the advantage, present participle playing the advantage, simple past and past participle played the advantage)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "Referee Mark Clattenburg played the advantage after Gretar Steinsson's challenge on Gervinho and Aaron Ramsey fed Van Persie, who shot low past Jaaskelainen.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To allow play to continue, that the referee doesn't whistle for a foul, despite the attacking team being fouled, because they are in an advantageous position."
      ],
      "id": "en-play_the_advantage-en-verb-mvoEyrGc",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "referee",
          "referee"
        ],
        [
          "whistle",
          "whistle"
        ],
        [
          "foul",
          "foul"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) To allow play to continue, that the referee doesn't whistle for a foul, despite the attacking team being fouled, because they are in an advantageous position."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "play advantage"
        },
        {
          "word": "play an advantage"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "play the advantage"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays the advantage",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing the advantage",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the advantage",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the advantage",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "play the advantage (third-person singular simple present plays the advantage, present participle playing the advantage, simple past and past participle played the advantage)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "Referee Mark Clattenburg played the advantage after Gretar Steinsson's challenge on Gervinho and Aaron Ramsey fed Van Persie, who shot low past Jaaskelainen.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To allow play to continue, that the referee doesn't whistle for a foul, despite the attacking team being fouled, because they are in an advantageous position."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "referee",
          "referee"
        ],
        [
          "whistle",
          "whistle"
        ],
        [
          "foul",
          "foul"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) To allow play to continue, that the referee doesn't whistle for a foul, despite the attacking team being fouled, because they are in an advantageous position."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "play advantage"
    },
    {
      "word": "play an advantage"
    }
  ],
  "word": "play the advantage"
}