Leverage and Play

Leverage

Leverage verb - To take unfair advantage of.

Usage example: a reality show contestant who's trying to leverage her 15 minutes of fame

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Play and leverage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Play" instead a verb "Leverage".

Nearby Words: lever, levered, leveraged, leveraging

Play verb - To engage in activity for amusement.

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Leverage and play are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Leverage" instead a verb "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

good	good leverage	good play
legal	legal leverage	legal play
poor	poor leverage	poor play
popular	popular leverage	popular play
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, little, new, previous.

On the pilot of Leverage, Nate and Eliot play pool while discussing being the bad guys for a change.

Source: Bad Guys Play Pool
Leverage: In "The Studio Job", an unscrupulous record producer breaks both hands of a songwriter so he can never play an instrument again.

Source: Crippling the Competition
In one episode of Leverage, Ford has to play in a speed-chess tournament.

Source: Crazy People Play Chess

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