bring into play

verb

To bring into exercise or use.

Meanings

verbbring into play (third-person singular simple present brings into play, present participle bringing into play, simple past and past participle brought into play)

present singular third person brings into play · participle present bringing into play · participle past brought into play · past brought into play

  1. To bring into exercise or use.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 發揮 /发挥, 使用
  • 發揮 /发挥 (fāhuī)bring into exercise
  • 使用 (shǐyòng)bring into exercise
Finnish ottaa käyttöön
  • ottaa käyttöönbring into exercise
French mettre en jeu, mobiliser
  • mettre en jeubring into exercise
  • mobiliserbring into exercise
  • impliquerbring into exercise
Polish wprowadzać, wprowadzić
  • wprowadzaćbring into exercise
  • wprowadzićbring into exercise
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Chicago

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