to play hard to get
01
يتمنّع, يتظاهر بعدم الاهتمام
to act as though one is not interested in another person's romantic or sexual advances in order to increase their interest or desire
![to [play] hard to get definition and meaning](https://cdn.langeek.co/photo/40127/original/?type=jpeg "to [play] hard to get definition and meaning")
idiom
informal
أمثلة
Sometimes playing hard to get only pushes people away.
أحيانًا التمنّع يبعد الناس فقط.
02
to not easily give a person something that they need or want from one
![to [play] hard to get definition and meaning](https://cdn.langeek.co/photo/46527/original/?type=jpeg "to [play] hard to get definition and meaning")
idiom
informal
أمثلة
He had the data we needed, but he played hard to get for two days.
