to play hard to get

Definice a Význam "play hard to get"

to play hard to get

to act as though one is not interested in another person's romantic or sexual advances in order to increase their interest or desire

Idiom

Informal

Example

Alice enjoyed the attention she received from Michael, so she decided to play hard to get to keep him interested and maintain a sense of mystery.

Mark found Mary attractive, but she played hard to get by not responding to his messages right away and keeping him guessing about her feelings.

to not easily give a person something that they need or want from one

Idiom

Informal

Example

Developers queued up to buy the property in 1995 but Turner played hard to get, waiting for better offers.

Only a few days ago, the Social Democrats were playing hard to get as the CDU tried to get them into coalition talks.

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