Play and Tactic

Play

Play noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.

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

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

Tactic noun - A plan for attaining a particular goal.

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Play and tactic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Play" instead a noun "Tactic".

Nearby Words: tact, tactics, tactical, tactician, tactically

old	old play	old tactic
good	good play	good tactic
notable	notable play	notable tactic
regular	regular play	regular tactic
Other adjectives: standard, single, offensive, obvious, poor, popular, actual, real, successful, great, bad, excellent, main, risky, new, early, major, traditional, classic, basic, different, defensive.

A favorite tactic of the First Evil is to use its shapeshifting powers to play mind games to trick heroes into destroying themselves.

Source: Driven To Suicide / Live-Action TV
An inversion of this tactic is when a team's attack has tall forwards who play the entire game as 'target men'.

Source: Desperation Attack
Why referees haven't adopted a rule of "If you're not bleeding profusely/can't walk/can still play, you don't deserve the foul" is beyond many fans of the sport (particularly English-speaking ones; the tactic is perceived as a hallmark of non-Anglo, and specifically Latin American/European play).

Source: Theatrics of Pain

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