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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

To make a play for the White House

Hi, I understood that "Make a play" means to try and get something but then if I write it-
If he decided to try and get ... for the White house? Then I still don't understand it, it seems like a word is missing which I'm not sure about the proper meaning ...

It's about Obama that said to Russert that he won't run "If he decided to make a play for the White House,
how many voters would give a damn what he’d said to Russert months earlier? Not many."
  

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Definitions do not always fit into the same grammar or semantic situation as the defined word; in fact, they often fit neither the grammar nor the register, so it is not always a good idea to try to squeeze them into the same sentence. If he decided to make a play for the White House = If he decided to try to get/gain the Presidency.

— Mister Micawber

  • Definitions do not always fit into the same grammar or semantic situation as the defined word; in fact, they often fit neither the grammar nor the register, so it is not always a good idea to try to squeeze them into the same sentence.
  • If he decided to make a play for the White House = If he decided to try to get/gain the Presidency.
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Definitions do not always fit into the same grammar or semantic situation as the defined word; in fact, they often fit neither the grammar nor the register, so it is not always a good idea to try to squeeze them into the same sentence.

If he decided to make a play for the White House = If he decided to try to get/gain the Presidency.
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