To act, or to manage matters, to someone's advantage or benefit.

(American football) A certain kind of play; see Wikipedia article for details.

(euphemistic) Alternative form of play silly buggers

(slang, vulgar) To kiss.

To betray someone; to be disloyal to someone.

present participle of play with a full deck

To be a situation where little or no personal risk can be incurred. / To act as though little or no risk can be incurred.

Alternative form of go play in the traffic

(idiomatic, often rude) To go elsewhere and feel free to engage in risky behavior; get lost.

A play belonging to a 19th-century neoclassical theatrical genre involving a tight plot and a climax close to the end. The story depends upon a key piece of information kept from some characters, and moves forward in a chain of actions that use minor reversals of fortune to create suspense.