play up to
Intermédiaire supérieur (B2) informal
To act very nicely toward someone powerful or important so they will like you and give you something.
"He always plays up to the director, laughing at all his jokes."
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Tam Kaur · 14:58
to play up to somebody else's
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if the quarterbacks don't play up to par,
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Tam Kaur · 14:58
to play up to somebody else's preferences really determines whether
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Cuz he knows that they didn't play up to the standards
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Cuz he knows that they didn't play up to the standards