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Underplay   /əndərplˈeɪ/   Listen
verb
Underplay  v. i.  
1.
To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
2.
(Card Playing) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.


noun
Underplay  n.  (Card Playing) The act of underplaying.





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"Underplay" Quotes from Famous Books



... raked in the pot he answered Rutherford casually. "Still, he hadn't ought to underplay it either. The other fellow may be ...
— The Sheriff's Son • William MacLeod Raine
... Strive as he would—though the apathy of his rebellion somewhat startled him—Crane could not obliterate from his thoughts the wondrous gray eyes of Allis Porter. Even after Langdon was gone, the atmosphere of the room still smirched by unholy underplay, thoughts of the girl came to Crane, jostling and elbowing the evil conceptions of his restless mind. Grotesquely incongruous as it was, Crane was actually in love; but the love flower, pure enough in itself, had rooted in marvelous ground. His passion was absolutely love, nothing else—love ...
— Thoroughbreds • W. A. Fraser


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