the state of play
the state of play
The current situation or circumstances. What's the state of play here? Someone give me an update. Before going in, you should know that the state of play in the facility is quite poor.
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the state of play
BRITISHCOMMON The state of play is the current situation. It's probably not a great time to open up a shop, given the economic state of play. So what's the state of play on that project?
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state of play
1 the score at a particular time in a cricket or football match. 2 the current situation in an ongoing process, especially one involving opposing or competing parties. BritishFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
the state of ˈplay
what is happening now in a situation which is developing or changing: We go to our correspondent for the latest state of play in the peace talks.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017