| posp. |
gallery play; grandstand play (A successful play or other manoeuvre during a sporting competition in which one or more players shows off unnecessarily in order to entertain or impress the spectators. || an ostentatious play, as in a sport, overemphasized deliberately to elicit applause from spectators. || (idiomatic, by extension) An action or stratagem that is excessively dramatic or sensational and that is intended to appeal to members of the public or to a particular audience.: His going to work on Christmas was another of his grandstand plays.); a gallery play; grandstanding (Andrey Truhachev); showboating (PX_Ranger) |
