play one false

[play one false] {v. phr.}, {literary} To act disloyally toward (a person); betray; cheat; deceive.

* /Good faith was not in him: he played anyone false who trusted him./

* /His hopes had played him false./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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