Direct and Plays

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Direct verb - To cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway.

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Plays is an antonym for direct.

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Direct is an antonym for plays in topics: act, gamble, have fun, produce music, compete in sport.

No matter what her doll is or what character she "plays" in a direct-to-video film, Barbie always has blue eyes even when her hair is brown instead of its normal blonde.

Source: Innocent Blue Eyes
Julie Yamamoto plays tennis in a short skirt, but when she plays it flutters so slightly (in direct contrast to the same skirts in real life).

Source: Magic Skirt
Whole Plot Reference: Season 1's K-9 "Kaddy", in which Marvin the Martian plays golf while K-9 is terrorized by (Martian) gophers is a pretty direct riff on the Mickey Mouse cartoon Canine Caddy, where Mickey plays golf as Pluto is terrorized by gophers.

Source: Western Animation / Duck Dodgers

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