Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context sport English) To play in an especially competitive, committed manner, focused intently on winning. 2 (context idiomatic by extension English) To make a special, determined effort to achieve general success or a particular goal, in life, in one's career, in negotiation, etc.
Wikipedia
Play to Win is the fourth studio album by British pop/ R&B artist Gabrielle. It was the 191st best-selling album of 2004. The track "Sometimes" from this album features on the Love Actually film soundtrack.
Play to Win is a 1989 musical with book and lyrics by James de Jongh, Charles Cleveland and music by Jimi Foster, based on the life of Jackie Robinson the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player who was the first black player in major-league baseball. The show won the 1984 Audelco Award for "best writing of a new show by black authors for the noncommercial theater." The 1989 New York production starred Michael-David Gordon and was directed by Ken Nixon.
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