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PLAY ONE FALSE,

SAIL UNDER FALSE COLORS.

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[sail under false colors] {v. phr.} 1. To sail a ship, often pirate, under the flag of another country. * /The pirate ship flew the American flag until it got […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[play one false] {v. phr.}, {literary} To act disloyally toward (a person); betray; cheat; deceive. * /Good faith was not in him: he played anyone false who trusted him./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[under false colors] See: [SAIL UNDER FALSE COLORS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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