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play into

play into verb: to support (an idea or plan).

Verb

play into (third-person singular simple present plays into, present participle playing into, simple past and past participle played into)

  1. (transitive) To support (an idea or plan).
    • Your actions have played into her scheme!

Forms of play into

third-person singular presentplays into
present participleplaying into
past participleplayed into
pastplayed into

Questions about play into

What does play into mean?
Play into means to support (an idea or plan).
What part of speech is play into?
Play into is a verb.
What is the past tense of play into?
The past tense of play into is played into.

Words near play into in the dictionary

  1. play host to
  2. play house
  3. play houses
  4. play in
  5. play in Peoria
  6. play into
  7. play into someone's hand
  8. play into someone's hands
  9. play into the hand of
  10. play into the hands of
  11. play it cheap

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