make great play of



make (a) great play of something

  also make a big play of something
to do something in a way that makes people notice what you are doing, often in order to make it seem more important than it really is She made great play of ignoring me when I spoke to her.
See also: great, make, of, play

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lorraine[ləu'rein]
Abaddonə-BAD-ən (English)Biblical
Shields['ʃi:ldz]
Mirko-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Italian
PiersPEERZ (English), PEERS (English)English (British), Medieval French
KelliKEL-eeEnglish