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UNDERPLAY

\ˌʌndəplˈe͡ɪ], \ˌʌndəplˈe‍ɪ], \ˌʌ_n_d_ə_p_l_ˈeɪ]\

Definitions of UNDERPLAY

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

un-d[.e]r-pl[=a]', v.t. and v.i. to play a low card at whist while keeping up a higher one of the same suit.--n. UN'DERPLAY, the act of so doing.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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