play hard to get (English, verb)
expansion: play hard to get (third-person singular simple present plays hard to get, present participle playing hard to get, simple past and past participle played hard to get)
Senses:
qualifier: courtship
glosses: To be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest.
Forms:
form: plays hard to get
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: playing hard to get
tags: participle
present
form: played hard to get
tags: participle
past
form: played hard to get
tags: past