play coy AmE

She had never played coy games with him, the way some women did.

Frank has played coy with the news media about his plans.

He decided to play coy in order to gain time to think.

He wouldn't tell me what was happening, so I'd play coy with him.

I can't tell if he's playing coy, or he really doesn't understand me.

This time around, candidates are still playing coy in late April.

He played coy at first, then grabbed the blue one and held it up.

While Jones has long talked about a run for governor, he's still playing coy.

White House officials played coy about whether they would release the score.

"I'm not playing coy, but I haven't considered leaving early or late," he said in an interview last week.

I mean, traditionally, politicians make up their mind about this and they play coy.

Holmes also played coy about rumors that she may be going to law school.

At first, Miller plays coy when asked about his desire to become mayor.

But he is also not playing coy about the fact that he really wants to.

But for the longest time, Twitter has played coy about its plans.

This was no time to play coy and risk sending mixed signals.

When asked for his thoughts on the fine, Bynum played coy.

So he wasn't going to play coy like Batman's quarry from the other night.

He has played coy with his overall Iowa strategy until the field emerges.

The sun might be playing coy, the waves wimping out.

The visit comes as Clinton plays coy about whether she will jump into the 2016 presidential contest.

Bloomberg, an independent, for two years has played coy about his presidential ambitions.

In fact, he played coy with the police, deflecting questions by posing his own.

Gardner is still playing coy, though increasingly less so, with his open hints about December.