play to the gallery
Definition
› to behave in a way intended to make people admire or support you: Politicians these days are more interested in playing to the gallery than exercising real influence on world events.Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off
(Definition of play to the gallery from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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