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played in

played in is the simple past and past participle of play in.

Meaning of play in

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, in.
    • The children are playing in the sandpit.
  2. (reflexive, play oneself in) Of a batsman, to settle and become comfortable with the conditions at the beginning of his innings.
  3. (transitive) To pass (someone) the ball into an attacking position.
    • Zubar played in Doyle down the Wolves left and his ball into the box evaded several players before falling for Mujangi Bia to finally drive in a second past Neil Sullivan.2011 January 18, “Wolverhampton 5 - 0 Doncaster”, in BBC

Questions about played in

What is played in the simple past and past participle of?
Played in is the simple past and past participle of play in.

Words near played in in the dictionary

  1. played hell with
  2. played hob with
  3. played hooky
  4. played host to
  5. played house
  6. played in
  7. played in Peoria
  8. played into someone's hand
  9. played into someone's hands
  10. played into the hand of
  11. played into the hands of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: played in (page history and authors); play in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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