📚 Play hard to get, phrase. ❓ Definition (informal): Deliberately adopt an aloof or uninterested attitude, typically in order to make oneself more attractive or interesting. ❗️ Examples: 1. They are playing hard to get with the media, and are keeping us all interested. 2. Sometimes when dates played hard to get, it made the chase more interesting and the inevitable surrender more satisfying. 3. ‘He tried to talk to me for a while after we met, but I was playing hard to get,’ she said with a slight smile. 4. In this love affair, like many others, playing hard to get can only make for a better relationship. 5. After months of being cautious and playing hard to get, I'm going to bravely risk rejection this time. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic