You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
TAKE THE QUIZ“play a game”
We have one entry that includes the term play a game.
play (a game of) cat and mouse
idiom: to engage in behavior that is like the way a cat chases a mouse or plays with a mouse before killing it —used especially to describe behavior in which someone says or does different things to deceive or control other people, to avoid being caught, etc.
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
