play hard to get

phrase

: to pretend that one is not interested in having a romantic or sexual relationship with someone in order to make that person more attracted to one

Examples of play hard to get in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ellie plans to play hard to get with Joe … or dance with him the second Bri goes to the loo. — Emma Soren, Vulture, 10 June 2024

But the Empress has never had the confidence to play hard to get, alas. — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020

What a time for the White House personnel office to play hard to get! — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 13 Nov. 2020

Rhymes for play hard to get

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