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    Idiom: Play One Against Another

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    playoneagainstanother

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    To manipulate two persons into competing against one another in a way that benefits the person carrying out the manipulation.

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    play one against anotheranother day, another dollaragainst the run of playplay both sides against the middleanother string to one's bowone after anotheranother nail in someone's coffinfind another gearhave another thing cominghave another think comingjust another pretty facebang one's head against a brick wallagainst all oddsagainst the clockagainst the collaragainst the grainagainst the worldgo against the grainhope against hopekick against the pricks

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    many anotheragainst timebutt againstgo againstjar againstknock againstlean againstprivilege against self incriminationsteel oneself againstfoul playplay backplay falsebaseball playplay hookyplay it by earplay offbasketball playchild's playdouble playdramatic play
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