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to play the race card

to play the race card
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [too pley stressed th ee reys kahrd]
    • /tu pleɪ stressed ði reɪs kɑrd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [too pley stressed th ee reys kahrd]
    • /tu pleɪ stressed ði reɪs kɑrd/

Definition of to play the race card words

  • noun to play the race card if someone plays the race card they bring up the issue of race in a discussion, perhaps for sympathy or to seek popularity by appealing to racist sentiment 0
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Parts of speech for To play the race card

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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to play the race card popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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