English Explanatory Dictionary

play it pear-shaped

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To avoid committing oneself to a single course of action; to go with the flow, take it easy.

Word forms

play it pear-shaped plays it pear-shaped playing it pear-shaped played it pear-shaped

Etymology

Compare go pear-shaped (“to go awry; to go wrong”), attested somewhat later.

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