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Underplay   /əndərplˈeɪ/   Listen
verb
Underplay  v. i.  
1.
To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
2.
(Card Playing) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.


noun
Underplay  n.  (Card Playing) The act of underplaying.





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"Underplay" Quotes from Famous Books



... to mention more difficult) she might really remain trapped. However, there would be time to think properly when she had packed her big box. Half an hour passed cheerfully in the folding of dresses to an underplay of planned escapes, and she had just locked the box, when Mrs. Maper's voice pierced the ...
— The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes • Israel Zangwill


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