What is "ditch play" mean here? Thank you! The context seems to be from a novol: I knew right off that this was a 【ditch play】. And I didn't think about it until later, but ditch wasn't a play I'd r

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What is "ditch play" mean here? Thank you! The context seems to be from a novol: I knew right off that this was a 【ditch play】. And I didn't think about it until later, but ditch wasn't a play I'd run with my dad before. Face it, pulling a ditch is not something discussed with dads.

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The father is helping his son to get rid of (ditch) someone by telling the boy to go inside and help his mother. This is what is being called a "ditch play" or ploy.

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