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play for something

1. to gamble for something; to use something as the medium of exchange for gaming or gambling. Let's just play for nickels, okay? We will play for dollar bills.

2. to play for a particular reason, other than winning. We are just playing for fun. They are not competing. They are playing for practice.

See also: play

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