play host to
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]play host to (third-person singular simple present plays host to, present participle playing host to, simple past and past participle played host to)
- To host an important event or visitor.
- Madrid played host to the 2022 Candidates Tournament.
- 2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
- The staff were used to playing host to royalty and world leaders at 10 Downing Street, not a little girl, a transvestite tramp, and his dog.
Further reading
[edit]- “play host to”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “play host to”, in Collins English Dictionary.