play like (something)
play like (something)
To perform competitively in a particular type of way. This underdog team is playing like their lives depend on it—they might just pull off the impossible and win the championship! I'm usually really good at this video game, but I'm playing like trash today! For her first chess tournament, she's playing like a pro!
See also: like, play
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
play like someone or something
to pretend to be someone or a type of a person. Sam is playing like Mr. Watson, the teacher. He is playing like a teacher and helping Mary with her homework.
See also: like, play
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- play like
- meet (one's) Waterloo
- meet one's Waterloo
- meet Waterloo
- meet your Waterloo
- Waterloo
- eat at the Y
- triumph over
- triumph over (one)
- dive a muff