come into play

English

Verb

come into play (third-person singular simple present comes into play, present participle coming into play, simple past came into play, past participle come into play)

1. To become involved, start to play a role.

Related terms

• bring into play

Translations

become involved

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發揮作用／发挥作用 (fāhuī zuòyòng)

• Finnish: alkaa vaikuttaa, alkaa vaikuttamaan
• French: entrer en jeu (fr)
• German: hineinspielen
• Ido: efikeskar (io)
• Italian: entrare in gioco
• Japanese: 働く (ja) (はたらく, hataraku)
• Korean: 등장하다 (ko) (deungjanghada)
• Portuguese: entrar em jogo