play hard to get
English
Verb
play hard to get (third-person singular simple present plays hard to get, present participle playing hard to get, simple past and past participle played hard to get)
- (informal, idiomatic) Of a courtship, to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to compel that person to be more overt in expressing interest.
Translations
to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest
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