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playing into someone's hands

playing into someone's hands is the present participle and gerund 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 playing into someone's hands

What is playing into someone's hands the present participle and gerund of?
Playing into someone's hands is the present participle and gerund of play into someone's hands.

Words near playing into someone's hands in the dictionary

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

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