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playing in

playing in is the present participle and gerund 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 playing in

What is playing in the present participle and gerund of?
Playing in is the present participle and gerund of play in.

Words near playing in in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: playing 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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