play the field

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Verb

play the field

1. (idiomatic) To date more than one person at the same time.

   He says I'm the only one, but my friends say he's playing the field.

2. To seek sexual variety.
3. To experiment sexually with multiple partners.
4. To engage in extramarital affairs.

Translations

to date more than one person

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• Finnish: pyörittää useampaa naista kerralla
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• German: nichts anbrennen lassen (de) (literally “not to let anything get burnt”); (less common; only of exactly two partners) zweigleisig fahren (literally “to drive on two [railway] tracks”)
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• Swedish: köra två spår, köra dubbelspårigt