"play up Old Gooseberry" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: plays up Old Gooseberry [present, singular, third-person], playing up Old Gooseberry [participle, present], played up Old Gooseberry [participle, past], played up Old Gooseberry [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=play up Old Gooseberry}} play up Old Gooseberry (third-person singular simple present plays up Old Gooseberry, present participle playing up Old Gooseberry, simple past and past participle played up Old Gooseberry)
  1. Alternative form of play Old Gooseberry Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: play Old Gooseberry
    Sense id: en-play_up_Old_Gooseberry-en-verb-EMDKZQyQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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