power play

1. In ice hockey, a temporary period during gameplay in which one team has more players in play due to the other team having one or more players temporarily removed due to a penalty. Pittsburgh will have a chance to score here during the power play.

2. An action, behavior, or strategy intended to assert, enhance, or exaggerate one's power, authority, or influence. It's just a power play—he's moving the shifts around purely to show that he's the one who can. The prime minister is using the threat of initiating a trade war as an obvious power play ahead of the general election.

power play

Fig. a strategy using one's power or authority to carry out a plan or to get one's way. In a blatant power play, the manager claimed he had initiated the sales campaign.

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释义	power play power play 1. In ice hockey, a temporary period during gameplay in which one team has more players in play due to the other team having one or more players temporarily removed due to a penalty. Pittsburgh will have a chance to score here during the power play. 2. An action, behavior, or strategy intended to assert, enhance, or exaggerate one's power, authority, or influence. It's just a power play—he's moving the shifts around purely to show that he's the one who can. The prime minister is using the threat of initiating a trade war as an obvious power play ahead of the general election. See also: play, power Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. power play Fig. a strategy using one's power or authority to carry out a plan or to get one's way. In a blatant power play, the manager claimed he had initiated the sales campaign. See also: play, power McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: drive (one) out of office force (one) out of office force out of office give (one) (one's) head give head give somebody their head give someone their head cooking for one 1FTR at one sitting References in periodicals archive After the Bruins scored on two of their 10 power plays in Games 1 and 2, he noticed a hole in the Blues' penalty kill, made some adjustments and, boom, Boston scored four power-play goals ... Bruins' potent power play is the key to Stanley Cup Final After some exquisite power play, special team action saw Lockerbie slip the puck to Lewis Houston and he quickly redirected the puck to big brother Luke, the latter making no mistake in firing home as the game finished 5-3 to the Sharks. U20s inflict revenge on Killie with a thrilling 5-3 success "We need to work harder on our power play, we need to be more direct on the power play, we were playing around the edges instead of where we need to be. Derby defeat for Stars as late 'leveller' is ruled out; ICE HOCKEY "Power play is just not all about scoring a lot of runs. Captains realise power play overs need to be handled with care Another issue which was hotly debated was selecting the power plays by captains. MINNOWS LIGHT UP THE CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011 This will only happen if a power play is available on the circuit. POWER TO THE POWER; FICTIONAL TV GAME SHOW PUTS YOU FIRMLY IN THE DRIVING SEAT England's struggles with the power play have been matched by their failure to build a major opening partnership in either of the two matches as Bopara and captain Andrew Strauss get used to playing alongside each other at the top of the order. Cricket: Power play is key for tourists Loui Eriksson scored his first of the season, on the power play, to tie it in the second after Jussi Jokinen got the Stars even at 1 in the opening period. Stars stretch streak with win GOLF: The introduction of Power Play golf to the North-East - you have the option of aiming for flags placed in positions of varying difficulty - is so far proving more popular with ladies and juniors than men. Golf: A power game; Sport SHORTS THE city's first-ever Power Play golf tournament wil tee off at Harborne's Church Farm golf course on Saturday, September 29. South City News: Golfers to flag up tournament; HARBORN The most radical part of Power Play golf is that each green has two holes rather than one, with a black flag denoting the more difficult pin placing and a white flag the easier one. Golf: Peter McEvoy is one of the people behind the idea It had the backside guard and tackle pulling an off-tackle power play called the Counter-Trey. Boots, shovels & reverses: complements of the counter-trey Power Play is a suspenseful novel of danger, intrigue, and globe-spanning corruption. Power Play Power Play: Batts was part of the legal team representing the American Hospital Association for In re: Resident Physicians Antitrust Litigation, one of the largest antitrust class-action suits ever filed, involving allegations by medical residents that teaching hospitals and medical associations engaged in price-fixing residents' salaries. America's Top Black Lawyers: from corporate law to criminal litigation, here are the lawyers to call to get you the best deal or keep you out of trouble Certainly, the love of the game inspired writers/producers William Laurin and Glenn Davis to create their new CTV television drama, Power Play. "We have an obsession with the game of hockey," admits Laurin, sitting in a production office surrounded by table-top hockey games, pairs of skates and pictures of hockey greats on the walls. Power play: putting drama on ice
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