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The Antonym of " To play fair"

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napoleonponapa  +  806581 Sun, 05 Jul 09 01:01 AM
1) If your team played fair, yours wouldn't beat mine.

 

What is the antonym of " to play fair" ? I heard some english native speaker said " to play foul", is it correct? but I can not find any phrase " to play foul" in the dictionary. there is only compound noun " foul play.

 

Thanks a lot for your kind help
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AlpheccaStars  +  806586 Sun, 05 Jul 09 01:10 AM
The opposite is "to cheat"
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Mister Micawber  +  806587 Sun, 05 Jul 09 01:13 AM
You could just use 'cheat', but 'play foul' seems like a reasonable collocation to me.  There are some reputable examples on the internet:


The GOP's Play Foul


Pak propagandist media continues to play foul against India


Those who play foul are only cheating themselves
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