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▸ verb: (sports) To attempt to persuade the referee or other officials to view the players on one's team with a sympathetic bias.
▸ verb: (politics, by extension) To manipulate the press to view one's candidate favorably and to report negative stories on one's opponent.
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▸ verb: (sports) To attempt to persuade the referee or other officials to view the players on one's team with a sympathetic bias.
▸ verb: (politics, by extension) To manipulate the press to view one's candidate favorably and to report negative stories on one's opponent.
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play the advantage,
budge,
play on,
call,
cherry-pick,
ask the question,
play the man and not the ball,
play the angles,
run up the score,
call balls and strikes,
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