verb. (both inside and outside sports)
1. the act of executing maneuvers that
establish an
advantage or victory in any type of situation.
2. employing
advanced and/or unpredicted moves and actions to achieve a goal or bypass obstacles.
"Their defense was pretty tight but we just kept making plays."
"This guy cut me off, but I'm so used to making plays I just cut across a couple lanes to an opening and flew by every one.
"Her friends were
trying to cock block me, but I kept making plays and she went home with me."
"We owned that BP table cause we made plays on both
defensive swats and calls."