plays the man, not the ball

A form of play the man

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of play the man, not the ball
Cite this entry
APA

plays the man, not the ball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plays%20the%20man%2C%20not%20the%20ball

MLA

“plays the man, not the ball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plays%20the%20man%2C%20not%20the%20ball. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plays the man, not the ball,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plays%20the%20man%2C%20not%20the%20ball.

Source: plays the man, not the ball on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.