Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A children's game in which two players keep an object away from a third player (who is in between them) by throwing it past that player.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: children's games
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noun
The third player in that game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A middleman, particularly in a difficult spot or situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, figuratively
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History
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Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
