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Meanings of plays around in English

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Usage of plays around in English
1
I know you're not the kind of woman who plays around, then walks away laughing.
Creepers
2
When a woman " plays around," even once, it potentially compromises paternity.
The Disposable Male
3
A smirk plays around the edges of his lips.
WATER FOR ELEPHANT
4
There were several of Shakespeare's plays around the cabin and these Douglas read again and again.
Judith of the Godless Valley
5
Thought plays around facts, but never reaches them.
Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher
6
This time around, Reese plays around with athleticism and embraces it in her well-known feminine style.
Ebony
7
On his hands he wears black climbing gloves, and a bashful smile plays around his lips.
Seven Minutes in Heaven
8
Both popularity and ease-of-access explain why we've seen so many tech plays around music in recent years.
The Irish Times
9
He purchases fruit from various producers and plays around with the various grapes from the different vineyards.
The South African
10
Her trademark smile plays around her lips.
Kafka on the Shore
11
The form I arrived at plays around with chronology and uses a lot of different voices and tones.
Reuters
12
As for the remainder, it is as the breeze which plays around us, or passes over our heads.
A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, An Essay on Slavery
13
But the thing that lasts, and the thing that interests me, is the human life that plays around them.
The Lost Word: A Christmas Legend of Long Ago
14
How abundant her red hair-it is red, not blonde or golden-yellow-howdiabolically and yet tenderly it plays around her neck!
Venus in Furs
15
The fame of the Percy and the Douglas seems to be whispered by every wind that plays around those old towers.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 / Great Britain and ...
16
Every now and then a breath of cool air starts out from some shaded retreat, plays around your forehead, and passes on.
Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools / Edited With Not...
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Plays around across language varieties
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