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play hard to get

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.23 in modern English

Syllables
play hard -to get
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Of a courtship, to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to compel that person to be more overt in expressing interest.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

plays hard to get (present, singular) playing hard to get (participle, present) played hard to get (participle, past) played hard to get (past)

Phrases

hard-to-get

Frequently Paired Words

hard-to-get

Questions

What does play hard to get mean?
Of a courtship, to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to compel that person to be more overt in expressing interest.

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