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Meanings of play the percentages in English

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Usage of play the percentages in English
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Mickey Harte has always liked his team to play the percentages.
Independent.ie
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It was a wise decision to play the percentages and fight on and proved advantageous.
The Guardian
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But as you know, I play the percentages.
Demon: a memoir
4
Will they really be content to play the percentages and eke out counterattacking wins against Slovakia or Scotland?
The Guardian
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He tends to play the percentages, taking very few chances, but he did show great composure under pressure.
The Guardian
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With a married man she could tough it out and play the percentages, but she should be pretty sure by now that I was single.
All the way
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More likely is that, when push came to shove, Gazidis played the percentages.
The Guardian
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He played the percentages in an essentially risk-averse brand of football.
The Irish Times
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Again I'm just playing the percentages, just to make sure.
The Godfather
10
Though he'll surely be playing the percentages, just making sure he doesn't leave a tester coming back.
The Guardian
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So he played the percentages.
The sailcloth shroud
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In short, life will become a little more like a game of strategy, where we're always playing the percentages, trying to optimize our outcomes.
Wired
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Lennox Lewis played the percentages like a blackjack dealer, keeping Evander Holy field away from him long enough to earn a decision over 12 rounds.
The Irish Times
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