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What does “play for” mean?
Saladin, like “a bereft mother, on horseback urging people to perform their jihad duty” was outmanned and outfought. After the early departure of the jealous Philip Augustus, Richard took command—“I rule and nobody rules me”—but his forces too were suffering. He opened negotiations, Saladin sending his worldly but more aloof brother Safadin as his envoy, though these pragmatists were still shadow-boxing with everything to play for. They were evenly matched, each fielding 20,000 men, both struggling to impose their will on their insubordinate, troublesome grandees and polyglot armies.
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Jerusalem
Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Hi. What does “play for” mean here?
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Excerpt From
Jerusalem
Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Hi. What does “play for” mean here?
Thank you.
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Look at example 2 b in this dictionary. com/definition/play The men are playing against each other in a competition to win something; it seems they are playing to win "everything," which implies that the fight is very serious, though the text does not state what exactly, possibly they are fighting for their lives or their countries.
- Look at example 2 b in this dictionary.
- com/definition/play The men are playing against each other in a competition to win something; it seems they are playing to win "everything," which implies that the fight is very serious, though the text does not state what exactly, possibly they are fighting for their lives or their countries.
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Look at example 2 b in this dictionary.
http://learnersdictionary.com/definition/play
The men are playing against each other in a competition to win something; it seems they are playing to win "everything," whic
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