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"form": "playing the devil with",
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"ref": "1937, Rupert Penny, The Talkative Policeman, page 166",
"text": "There's a silly young fool; but perhaps it's not entirely his fault. The last six months of the war played the devil with many an unformed character.",
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"To cause great trouble or distress to."
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"(colloquial) To cause great trouble or distress to."
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{
"word": "play the cat and banjo with"
},
{
"word": "play merry havoc with"
},
{
"word": "play merry hell with"
},
{
"word": "play Old Harry with"
},
{
"word": "play the deuce with"
},
{
"word": "play the dickens with"
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{
"word": "play the mischief with"
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"word": "play the devil with"
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"word": "play the cat and banjo with"
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{
"word": "play merry havoc with"
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{
"word": "play merry hell with"
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"word": "play Old Harry with"
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"word": "play the deuce with"
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"word": "play the dickens with"
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