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You are adding to Play devil's advocate. What is already there stays, we only add yours.

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  • I’ll play devil’s advocate: if we bin the whole plan, what’s the worst that happens? We save cash, avoid drama, and everyone survives.
  • Let me play devil’s advocate for a second: what if nobody actually wants this feature and we’ve built it for ourselves?
  • He always plays devil’s advocate in meetings, not because he disagrees, just to make sure we’ve poked every hole before we commit.
  • I'm not even against it, I'm just playing devil's advocate so we don't launch this thing and realise it's held together with vibes.
  • She played devil's advocate at dinner and suddenly everyone noticed the plan had three massive holes in it.
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