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Work the refs

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo attempt to persuade the referee or other officials to view the players on one's team with a sympathetic bias.
2.VerbTo manipulate the press to view one's candidate favorably and to report negative stories on one's opponent.

Synonyms

play the advantagebudgeplay oncallcherry-pickask the questionplay the man and not the ballplay the anglesrun up the scorecall balls and strikesplay the ball and not the mango up for
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