play the game

play the game
{v. phr.}, {informal} To obey the rules; do right; act fairly. * /"That's not playing the game," we told him when he wanted to desert his wife./ * /"Oh, let's play the game," he said, when his partner suggested a way to keep from paying some of their debts./ * /Your parents want you to play the game in life./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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