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play politics
Idioms and Phrases
Act for personal or political gain rather than principle, as in I don't think this judge is fair—he's playing politics . [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
Their leader Jane Dodds said her deal to pass the Welsh government's budget last month showed she would not "play politics" with people's lives.
“The Trump admin wants to play politics with disaster relief. The reality is Californians give tens of billions more in federal taxes every year than any other state,†Friedman said in a statement.
Later in 2020, Trump attempted to play politics with federal emergency relief funds.
“You can do real policy work and not just play politics with it.â€
"So yeah, I think it's a very substantial concern that the court will play politics with this. I hope they won't."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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