play the game
play the game {v. phr.}, {informal}
To obey the rules; do right; act fairly.
"That's not playing the game," we told him when he wanted to desert his wife.
"Oh, let's play the game," he said, when his partner suggested a way to keep from paying some of their debts.
Your parents want you to play the game in life.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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