make a play for
idiom
1
: to try to get (someone or something)
She made a play for the job, but she didn't get it.
2
: to try to start a romantic or sexual relationship with (someone)
He made a play for her.
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The company resolved to accelerate the adoption of preferred materials and make a play for 100 percent by 2025, to scale its Fair Trade program, to promote living wages across its supply chain and to address issues with chemistry.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Kansas City will also likely make a play for a receiver ahead of the Nov. 5 NFL trade deadline.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
There had been speculation that Biles might make a play for the 2024 Games as a single-event specialist on the vault, in honor of her coaches, the French couple Laurent Landi and Cécile Canqueteau-Landi.
—Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
Indeed, even as deaths from COVID-19 mounted and the economy slid deeper into recession, many of Bolsonaro’s supporters were urging him to make a play for even greater power.
—Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Kansas City will also likely make a play for a receiver ahead of the Nov. 5 NFL trade deadline.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
There had been speculation that Biles might make a play for the 2024 Games as a single-event specialist on the vault, in honor of her coaches, the French couple Laurent Landi and Cécile Canqueteau-Landi.
—Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
Indeed, even as deaths from COVID-19 mounted and the economy slid deeper into recession, many of Bolsonaro’s supporters were urging him to make a play for even greater power.
—Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
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“Make a play for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20a%20play%20for. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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