play off against

play someone off against (someone else)

to scheme in a manner that pits two of your adversaries against one another. Bill wanted to beat me up and so did Bob. I did some fast talking, and they ended up fighting with each other. I really played Bill off against Bob. The president played the House off against the Senate and ended up getting his own way.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eirlys	-	Welsh
Lucinde	-	French
VÍKingr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Anandi	-	Indian, Hindi
Valarie	VAL-ə-ree	English
Addison	[ædisn]