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(English Idioms & Sayings) Play Idioms

play a joke/trick on (someone)

- to do a joke/trick that affects someone
The boy played a trick on his teacher.

play along with (someone or something)

- to agree to cooperate with someone's plan
I decided to play along with my friend and his crazy plan to buy a horse.

play around/about with (someone or something)

- to engage in some play with someone or something
The little boy was playing around with the dog when his mother entered the room.

play ball with (someone)

- to cooperate with someone, to join in an effort with others
"If you play ball with the new ma
a pip-squeak

- a small and unimportant person
The boy called his friend a pip-squeak which made him very angry.

pique (someone's) interest/curiosity

- arouse interest/curiosity
The conversation with the filmmaker piqued my interest and I begin to watch more movies.

piss (someone) off

- to bother or annoy someone, to make someone angry
My supervisor pissed me off when he asked me to work late again last night.

pit (someone or something) against (someone or something)

- to set one group/person against another
The fight over the new shopping center pit the property owners against the local businesses.

pitch a tent

- to put up a tent
We pitched the tent in a field beside a stream.

pitch-black

- to be very black
It was pitch-black when we left the restaurant to return home.

pitch camp

- to set up or arrange a campsite
We stopped for the night next to a small river and pitched camp.

pitch-dark

- very dark
It was pitch-dark when I took the garbage out to the garbage can.

pitch in

- to give help or money for something
My friends pitched in and helped me finish the job quickly.

pitch (someone) a curve (ball)

- to surprise someone with an unexpected act or event
The lawyer pitched the woman a curve when he began to ask questions unrelated to the court case.

place an order

- to submit an order
I recently placed an order for a new and smaller refridgerator.

place (someone)

- to recall someone's name
I could not place the woman at the meeting but I knew that I had met her before.

place the blame on (someone or something)

- to blame someone or something
The teacher placed the blame on the boys for breaking the flower vase.

plain and simple

- absolutely, without further complication or elaboration
It was plain and simple. I decided to buy the car and I did not want to talk about it further.

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