play games

See also: playgames

English

(idiomatic) To deceive; to lie about one's intentions.
Stop playing games with me and tell me the truth.

"Accusing Governor Carey of playing games with taxpayers in his $12.7 billion budget, the Senate majority leader, Warren M. Anderson of Binghamton, said today that it would face rough sledding, in the Republican led State Senate." - New York Times, 1979