Question

Play the Field to have many sweethearts or dates without going steady or committing yourself to one person

Accepted Answer

I don't plan to date just one man. I'm going to play the field. During the 19th-century, gamblers who wanted to increase their chances of winning money at a horse race bet on every horse except the favorite. This was called "playing the field" (of horses). Later the phrase was extended to other areas of life, especially dating.

Idiom	Play the Field
Example	I don't plan to date just one man. I'm going to play the field.
Meaning	to have many sweethearts or dates without going steady or committing yourself to one person
Origin	During the 19th-century, gamblers who wanted to increase their chances of winning money at a horse race bet on every horse except the favorite. This was called "playing the field" (of horses). Later the phrase was extended to other areas of life, especially dating.

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