(baseball) first baseman

(baseball) second baseman

plural of joueuse

(figuratively) to play with fire

to play cat and mouse

when the going gets tough, the tough get going

(informal, derogatory) bit player (person who doesn't take risks and refuse to raise the stakes)

(figuratively) to play it straight, to play fair (to be upfront, honest; to act in a straightforward, candid manner, without concealing anything)

(takes a reflexive pronoun, informal) to give oneself airs, to show off, to be full of oneself

to elbow one's way through, to jostle for position, to push and shove / to elbow one's way to the top