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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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A play on something

Hey,please take a look at the following context...

A:Hold on a minute,I'll BE BACK[Imitates Arnold Schwarzenegger from Terminator]

B:Umm..Okay???

A:Oh come on!It was obviously a play on the Terminator!Here I was thinking you were a movie buff!

What does "play" in this example mean?I keep hearing this "play on something" every now and then!If I had to guess,I'd say it kind of means "imitate" or something?Thank you for your time.

  

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play: Behavior or speech that is not intended seriously. com/en/definition/play CJ

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  • play: Behavior or speech that is not intended seriously.
  • com/en/definition/play CJ
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play: Behavior or speech that is not intended seriously.

https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/play

CJ

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