Do you have google? Do you have a dictionary? google definition of playing hard to get Play hard to get - Idioms by The Free Dictionary https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/play+hard+to+get play hard to get. To act as if one is uninterested in or shy around someone who is expressing sexual or romantic interest, especially as a means of making oneself more attractive to them. dictionary New Oxford American Dictionary play hard to get informal deliberately adopt an aloof or uninterested attitude, typically in order to make oneself more attractive or interesting.

to pretend that you are less interested in someone than you really are as a way of making them more interested in you, especially at the start of a romantic relationship.