- play hard to get
- play hard to getTo make a show of unwillingness to co-operate with a view to strengthening one's position• • •Main Entry: ↑play
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to pretend not to be interested in someone who you think is sexually attractive in order to make them more interested in youThesaurus: to start a romantic or sexual relationshipsynonymMain entry: play* * *
informal deliberately adopt an aloof or uninterested attitude, typically in order to make oneself more attractive or interesting* * *
• • •Main Entry: ↑hard————————play hard to get: to pretend that you are not interested in having a romantic or sexual relationship with someone in order to make that person more attracted to youShe's been playing hard to get, but I can tell that she likes me.
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play hard to ˈget idiom(informal) to make yourself seem more attractive or interesting by not immediately accepting an invitation to do sth
Useful english dictionary. 2012.