Usually means: Using unethical methods to win.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word play dirty:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. play dirty: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. play dirty: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. play dirty: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. Play Dirty (album), Play Dirty (novel), Play Dirty: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. play dirty: Wiktionary

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  1. play dirty: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (play dirty)

▸ verb:  To act dishonestly or unfairly.

Similar:
do the dirty on, play, play fair, do someone dirty, fight dirty, play games, play someone false, play dumb, play hardball, jerk around, more...

Opposite:
play fair, play clean, play by rules, sportsmanlike

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Similar:
do the dirty on, play, play fair, do someone dirty, fight dirty, play games, play someone false, play dumb, play hardball, jerk around, more...

Opposite:
play fair, play clean, play by rules, sportsmanlike



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