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played nice

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

Meaning of play nice

Verb

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

  1. To behave oneself in interaction with others, in particular refraining from instigating trouble, teasing or being cruel.

Questions about played nice

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

Words near played nice in the dictionary

  1. played it safe
  2. played it straight
  3. played like
  4. played merry havoc with
  5. played merry hell with
  6. played nice
  7. played Nostradamus
  8. played number two
  9. played off
  10. played Old Gooseberry
  11. played Old Harry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: played nice (page history and authors); play nice (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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