Play (one's) hunch verb phrase
Make a decision based on one's feeling or intuition
Inspectors mustn't play a hunch when investigating a case.
If you plays your hunch like that, then get out of my team.
I chose the answer by playing my hunch.
If one stands pat on something, he or she sticks firmly to it.
Make a decision.
A decision made at the last possible moment
To decide too hastily; to throw something away after encountering a setback
Used to say that someone is so involved in a difficult situation that he/she cannot get out of.
The verb "play" should be conjugated according to its tense.
If you fall for someone's trick the first time then they are at fault.
Are you going to mess with me again? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.