noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
play
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And what if those men did decide to play some drunken prank ?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
play a joke/trick/prank on sb
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He had always played tricks on her.
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Her brain had to be playing tricks on her.
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In one of them, a man named Wakefield decides to play a joke on his wife.
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It allowed me to detect instances when time played tricks on the memory of some of the respondents.
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Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.
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Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.
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They delight in playing tricks on mortals, though they will cease to give trouble if politely requested to do so.
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Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Every year, the older kids pull pranks on new students.
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Pushing her in the river seemed like a harmless prank , but it ended in tragedy.
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The fire was started as a prank .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And what if those men did decide to play some drunken prank ?
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Clarke assumed it was a prank but promised to give Alvin the message.
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Fifteen-year-old Nicola Child was blasted with an air rifle in a cruel prank .
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Matricide seems a high price to pay for a prank .
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One thought it might have been a senior prank .
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Our prank became clear, but it had set the tone for an evening of memorable jollity.
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The kids had had no trouble collecting an impressive amount of material for this mean prank .