play one against another

Meaning: (idiomatic)Tomanipulatetwo persons intocompetingagainst one another in a way thatbenefitsthe person carrying out the manipulation.1989December 10, Glenda Edwards, “They Can't Keep Me Away From My Stink”, inGay Community News, volume17, number22, page 5:You would expect that we would stick together more, but no way Pete! They lie and snitch on each other and so the system has even more control over us byplaying us against each other.

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