play to
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Verb
play to (third-person singular simple present plays to, present participle playing to, simple past and past participle played to)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, to.
- At the festival, the band played to 20,000 people.
- To act in a way most suitable to; to act in a way that best brings out (a quality, condition, etc.).
- He played to his strengths tonight.
- The advertisement plays to people's fears about cancer.
- To act in order to gain the attention or admiration of.
- to play to the crowd
- to play to the cameras
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