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dirty pool noun[ U ] mainly US or Canadian Englishinformaluk /ˌdɜː.ti ˈpuːl/ us /ˌdɜ˞ː.t̬i ˈpuːl/ dishonest behaviour, especially in politics: play dirty pool I didn't play any dirty pool and I wish my opponent well. Officials were accused of engaging in dirty pool. I think it's dirty pool to bring children into a political race. People are complaining about dirty pool but they don't have to look far to find it: they can just look in the mirror. It seems that it is no longer dirty pool to play dirty in a political campaign. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Lies, lying & hypocrisy a pack of liesidiom artifice bad faith black is whiteidiom cakeism falsification feed someone a lineidiom fib fiction flimflam lie mythologize perjure perjury polygraph someone can talk!idiom stretch the truthidiom weasel words white lie whopper |