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play doctor
noun
Theater.
- a person, usually a professional playwright, employed to improve a script, especially shortly before the play's opening.
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yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of play doctor1
First recorded in 1920â25
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To put it another way: Itâs fun to lie on your couch and play doctorâuntil youâre truly sick.
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Davidâs son, now 18, wonders what really happened when Dominique asked him to âplay doctorâ as a child.
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The new production will see Smith play doctor Thomas Stockmann, a medical officer who finds the public baths are contaminated.
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âBut I think itâs very dangerous to have doctors violating their Hippocratic oath and killing peopleâŠI want the doctor to play doctor, and not executioner.â
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âWe donât allow attorneys general to legislate, and we donât allow them to play doctor,â Rothert said.
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