Meaning of come the old soldier | Babel Free

Definitions

Often followed by with: to deceive, impose upon, or take advantage of someone, as if exploiting one's superior age or experience.

idiomatic, informal, intransitive

Examples

“Don’t come the old soldier with me, sunshine! Do you think I was born yesterday?”

“[W]ere it not that I think he has scarce the impudence to propose such a thing to succeed, curse me but I should think he was coming the old soldier over me, and keeping up his game.”

“But you needn't try to come the old soldier over me. D—n it, I'm not such a fool as that.”

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