play to the gallery

[play to the gallery] {v. phr.}

To try to get the approval of the audience.

* /Whenever John recites in class he seems to be playing to the gallery./

* /The lawyer for the defense was more interested in playing to the gallery than in winning the case./

Compare: SHOW OFF.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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