Examples of 'play someone' in a sentence

Meaning of "play someone"

In English, the phrase 'play someone' typically means to deceive or manipulate someone, often for personal gain. It can also mean to compete against or challenge someone in a game or sport

How to use "play someone" in a sentence

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You really do know how to play someone.
I wanna play someone ugly or fat.
I really wish they would actually play someone.
So trying to play someone who is just a normal guy.
All we have to do is play someone.
To play someone really dark.
Actors always play someone else.
To begin play someone has to offer their services as a dealer.
I was very excited to play someone vulnerable.
How to play someone like you on the piano notes.
It takes an actor of her steadiness to play someone this unhinged.
Never play someone who is not buying what you are selling.
I thought that was very interesting to play someone very damaged.
In this role play someone who is very handsome and sexy.
My advice to new partners would be not to play someone else.

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I have always had to play someone younger than my actual age.
There is also the possibility that Esposito could be in talks to play someone else entirely.
I honestly was just happy to play someone who was so layered and complex.
You play someone like a fiddle, you are all over someone like a cheap suit.
I put it here before I went out to play someone must have stolen it.
When you play someone like this at this level you want to win.
For real, he could play someone in a coma.
When you play someone like that, you have to build the team around him.
We're too pretty to play someone like that.
I wanna play someone ugly or fat. Something that will show I can be a serious actress.
I never learned how to play someone else 's guitar solo.
Why play someone else's game when you can build your own?
What is it like to play someone who does not care?
It 's bad enough that I have to play you … now I have to play someone else, too.
I am too young to play someone who falls in love with his daughter.
Can I make a reservation in my name and go play someone else in my place?
I would like to play someone who succeeds despite all the pain.
If you are always a collapsed person, it would help to play someone like Julius Caesar.
I want to play someone like the Terminator.
Word of advice - never play someone.
But I want to play someone who resembles me in some fashion.
Hope you'll be able to play someone.
It was nice to play someone who 's totally annihilated by the entire situation.
It 's very unique to be able to play someone who has powers.
It 's a relief to play someone who does not act how everybody thinks she should be.
How did you physically prepare yourself to play someone with motor neurone disease?
If they tried to play someone who plays tennis well, they would be beaten badly.
Winnick shares, admitting she was " nervous " to play someone who had been abused.
If I had to play someone who 's in love with Shotaro.
Playpen asks the question, Why play someone else's game.
I would love to play someone like Natalie Portman 's character in Black Swan.
I don't want to play myself. I wanna play someone ugly or fat.
Try to play someone with power, try to show off!
You're paid to play someone else.
I get to play someone that 's darker and in an environment that 's darker.

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