Play and Ploy

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Play noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

Usage example: the guy at the bar made an unusually creative play to get her phone number

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Ploy and play are semantically related In some cases you can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Play".

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

Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

Usage example: asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party

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Play and ploy are semantically related in game topic. Sometimes you can use "Play" instead a noun "Ploy".

Nearby Word: ployed

old	old play	old ploy
good	good play	good ploy
standard	standard play	standard ploy
obvious	obvious play	obvious ploy
Other adjectives: popular, successful, little, bad, main, famous, ancient, risky, final, classic, basic, last, latest, defensive.

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