Definition
Of a courtship, to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to compel that person to be more overt in expressing interest.
See Also
- hard-to-get
Idiom Breakdown
play hard to get
INFORMAL
Of a courtship, to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to compel that person to be more overt in expressing interest.