Synset

act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 37 freq. cnt.: 37

"This factor played only a minor part in his decision"
"This development played into her hands"
"I played no role in your dismissal"

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

verb group