play the game

[play the game] {v. phr.}, {informal} To obey the rules; do right; act fairly.

* /"That's not playing the game," we told him when he wanted to desert his wife./

* /"Oh, let's play the game," he said, when his partner suggested a way to keep from paying some of their debts./

* /Your parents want you to play the game in life./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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