play off

birbirine karşı kullanmak, birbirine düşürmek

Kendi çıkarı için insanları birbiriyle yarıştırmak veya tartıştırmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make people compete or argue with each other so that you gain an advantage.

• She played the two rivals off against each other.
• The manager played off his employees to keep control.
• Are they playing us off against the other team?

Nasıl kullanılır: play someone off against someone (The buyer played one supplier off against another.)

Eş anlamlılar: pit against, set against

Zıt anlamlılar: unite

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: play off rivals, play off two sides

önemsiz göstermek, hafife almak

Bir şeyi gerçekte olduğundan daha az ciddi veya utandırıcı göstermeye çalışmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To treat something as less serious or embarrassing than it really is.

• He tried to play off his mistake.
• She played the injury off as nothing serious.
• Can you really play off that insult as a joke?

Nasıl kullanılır: play something off as something (She played the mistake off as a joke.); play something off (He played his embarrassment off with a smile.)

Eş anlamlılar: play down, brush off, make light of

Zıt anlamlılar: emphasize

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: play off something, play off a mistake

eleme maçı oynamak

Kazananı belirlemek için takımların veya oyuncuların ek bir maç oynaması.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Teams or players compete in an extra match to decide a winner.

• The teams will play off tomorrow.
• They played off for the last place in the final.
• Who will we play off against?

Nasıl kullanılır: play off against someone (The two finalists will play off against each other.)

Eş anlamlılar: compete

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: play off against someone, teams play off