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 , ,'res','15','')">Pak propagandist media continues to play foul against India Those

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I don't know if this will help you or not, but you have probably already noticed that in the online M-W, there are usage notes about the subtle differences between words. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sly synonyms sly ,

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What is the name of the ending of a letter, e.g. "sincerely" or "yours truly?" I guess it would be the antonym of "salutation?" Complimentary close. Occasionally just "close" or the bureaucratic solecism

In our last episode, (Email Removed), the lovely and talented brad broadcast on alt.usage.english: What is the name of the ending of a letter, e.g. "sincerely" or "yours truly?" I guess it would be the antonym of

What is the name of the ending of a letter, e.g. "sincerely" or "yours truly?" I guess it would be the antonym of "salutation?" I am writing a book and have a lot of questions like this (maybe 10 or so). Does anyone

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=9769 The word combobulated appeared in a reply to my post on Channel 9. I asked the poster for the meaning of the word but he hasn't replied. I've searched Google and Yahoo, and all the

It might be, I don't know, but I think your question is the sort this group welcomes. Right up our alley. Have you got some more? Charles Riggs Hi everyone. Thank you for all the responses. I wasn't expecting so many replies, and so

Maybe you could call it the succedent. Not of itself, of course, but of its antecedent. "Succedent" seems reasonable. (It is in the New Shorter Oxford as a noun, although it's tagged obsolete.) It seems hard to believe, though, that