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English Dictionary: underplay by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
underplay
v
  1. act (a role) with great restraint [syn: underact, underplay]
    Antonym(s): ham, ham it up, overact, overplay
  2. play a card lower than (a held high card)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Underplay \Un`der*play"\, v. i.
      1. To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to
            underact a part.
  
      2. (Card Playing) To play a low card when holding a high one,
            in the hope of a future advantage.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Underplay \Un"der*play`\, n. (Card Playing)
      The act of underplaying.
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