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plays in

plays in is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 plays in

What is plays in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Plays in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of play in.

Words near plays in in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plays 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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