make a play for

make a play for
заигрывать, флиртовать, ухаживать, ухлестывать, увиваться, бегать, заклеить (не бумагу, а девушку, как вы уже догадались), ""клинья подбивать"": — John always makes a play for new girls in the group.—Джон вечно увивается за новыми девчонками в группе.заигрывать, флиртовать, ухаживать, ухлестывать, увиваться, бегать, заклеить (не бумагу, а девушку, как вы уже догадались), ""клинья подбивать"": — John always makes a play for new girls in the group.—Джон вечно увивается за новыми девчонками в группе.

English-Russian slang from the book M. Goldenkova "Caution, hot dog". 2014.

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  • make a play for — (someone) to try to start a romantic relationship with someone. If I wasn t happily married, I might make a play for him myself …   New idioms dictionary

  • make a play for — (something) to try to get something. It was rumoured that he would make a play for the director s post …   New idioms dictionary

  • make a play for — ► make a play for informal attempt to attract or attain. Main Entry: ↑play …   English terms dictionary

  • make a play for — phrasal : to attempt to capture make a play for the tourist trade with performances of native dances Time * * * make a play for (informal) 1. To try to get 2. To attempt to seduce • • • Main Entry: ↑play * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • make a play for —    American (of a male)    to seek to engage heterosexually    One of the moves in football and see play:     Don t make a play for me, Peter. I wasn t planning to. (Sanders, 1983) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • make a play for something — phrase to try and get something such as an important job or position Jim made a play for head of department, but didn’t succeed. Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get somethingsynonym Main entry: play * * * make a ˈplay for sb/sth idiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • make a play for someone — make a play for (someone) to try to start a romantic relationship with someone. If I wasn t happily married, I might make a play for him myself …   New idioms dictionary

  • make a play for something — make a play for (something) to try to get something. It was rumoured that he would make a play for the director s post …   New idioms dictionary

  • make a play for sth — ► to try to get control of something: »The government has been accused of making a play for online betting tax revenues. Main Entry: ↑play …   Financial and business terms

  • make a play for somebody — make a ˈplay for sb/sth idiom to try to obtain sth; to do things that are intended to produce a particular result • She was making a play for the sales manager s job. Main entry: ↑playidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • make a play for someone — phrase to try to begin a romantic or sexual relationship with someone by making them notice you Thesaurus: to start a romantic or sexual relationshipsynonym Main entry: play …   Useful english dictionary


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