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"playing it off" is an acceptable expression in written English.
You can use it when someone attempts to hide their emotions or minimize the importance of something by pretending like it's not a big deal. For example, "She tried to play it off as if she didn't care about the news, but I could tell she was really upset."
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I do a good job playing it off, but I definitely have an edge to me".
I am visibly sucking in my stomach, playing it off as comical, but looking back, I know it wasn't.
The best way to decide a champion is by simply playing it off, not by having coaches vote on it.
Bairstow moves ahead of his partner by playing it off his hip and scampering two to square leg.
Anxious for the prestige that the British attached to the game, some of the richest and most ambitious Indians including Parsi and Hindu business communities in Bombay and princely rulers elsewhere began playing it off their own bat.
Ultimately, both teams responded to the latest controversy with lighthearted humor, the Mets playing it off as Frankie being Frankie, the Yankees either playing dumb or making fun of the whole thing.
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Although the news is as grim as it gets, both Covad and its customers played it off as if the future couldn't be brighter.
"I thought I would play it off".
They played it off, and the Dodgers went home.
The Patriots organization played it off as an intentional gift.
My boss tried to play it off as the raise he talked about.
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