Usually means: Pretend to be deceased temporarily.
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  1. play dead: Merriam-Webster
  2. play dead: Wiktionary
  3. Play Dead (Coben novel), Play Dead (Mutemath album), Play Dead (band), Play Dead (novel), Play Dead (show), Play Dead (song), Play dead: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. Play Dead: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. play dead: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Play Dead: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (play dead)

verb:  To lie very still, like a corpse.
verb:  To act as though defeated while awaiting a chance to attack.

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