make a play for somethingTRY TO DO OR GET somethingto make an attempt to gain something 设法得到某物 He made a play for the leadership last year. 他去年曾角逐领导权。
make a play for something• Left alone for a few minutes on Vik's birthday, Karen makes a play for Steve.• Kramer wondered if she was worth making a play for.• Surely only the most decadent of aristocrats would make a play for another woman while his wife was in the same room.
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