Relationships
play referee
manage a dispute neutrally
If you play referee, you act as a neutral person who tries to manage a disagreement between other people.
Hear it in real life
Can you tell Anna that I'm right?
Don't ask me to play referee.
I spent most of dinner playing referee between my two brothers.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I don't want to play a referee between them.
Say: I don't want to play referee between them.
Use “play referee” when you mean stepping in to manage an argument; “play a referee” usually means act as one in a game or performance.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
play referee; play referee between people; played referee
Your turn: say it out loud
I spent most of dinner playing referee between my two brothers.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
play referee
manage a dispute neutrally
“I spent most of dinner playing referee between my two brothers.”
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