play dirty

English

Verb

play dirty (third-person singular simple present plays dirty, present participle playing dirty, simple past and past participle played dirty)

1. To act dishonestly or unfairly.

   Antonym: play fair

Translations

to act dishonestly

• Finnish: pelata likaista peliä, pelata kieroa peliä
• German: dreckig spielen
• Italian: giocare sporco
• Polish: grać nieczysto impf
• Romanian: juca murdar
• Spanish: jugar sucio

Further reading

• “play dirty”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “play dirty”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “play dirty” (US) / “play dirty” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.