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played into someone's hands

played into someone's hands is the simple past and past participle of play into someone's hands.

Meaning of play into someone's hands

Verb

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

  1. To act, or to manage matters, to someone's advantage or benefit.
    • It had been suggested Napoli's fans struggle to form an attachment with the Italy team and their silence throughout the first half and reaction at half time suggested they could hardly wait to get back to throwing their passion and fire behind their own team as they run away with Serie A and chase...2023 March 23, Phil McNulty, “Italy 1-2 England”, in BBC Sport

Questions about played into someone's hands

What is played into someone's hands the simple past and past participle of?
Played into someone's hands is the simple past and past participle of play into someone's hands.

Words near played into someone's hands in the dictionary

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

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