Associations to the word «Underplay»
Noun
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Wiktionary
UNDERPLAY, noun. The act of underplaying.
UNDERPLAY, verb. (transitive) To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
UNDERPLAY, verb. (transitive) To make something seem less important than it really is.
UNDERPLAY, verb. (transitive) (card games) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.
Dictionary definition
UNDERPLAY, verb. Act (a role) with great restraint.
UNDERPLAY, verb. Play a card lower than (a held high card).
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.