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play hardball
idiom
mainly USinformal
to do everything that you can to achieve success even if this involves hurting or upsetting other people:
The law firm had a reputation for playing hardball.
She is not afraid to play hardball when negotiating deals for her clients.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
acerbic
acerbically
acerbity
acidly
anti-cruelty
cold-heartedly
cruel
cruelly
cruelty
cruelty to someone/something
meanly
meanness
mental cruelty
merciless
mercilessly
trenchant
trenchantly
uncharitable
uncharitably
unchristian
play hardball
idiommainly USinformal
to be firm and determined in order to get what you want: 采取强硬方式
He's a nice guy, but he can play hardball when he needs to.他是一个和气的人，但在必要时他也会变得很强硬。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Trying and making an effort
A game
all out
assault
attempt
attempted
commitment
give something your best shotidiom
go after someone
go all outidiom
go down swinging/fightingidiom
go for someone
nose
shoot for the moonidiom
shoot the worksidiom
smarten (someone/something) up
smarten up your actidiom
spare
square the circleidiom
stretch
struggle
play hardball | American Dictionary
play hardball
idiom
infml to behave in an unpleasant, threatening way so that you get what you want:
He’s a nice guy, but he can play hardball when he has to.
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