come into play
also bring sth into playIf something comes into play, it starts to have a use or an effect in a particular situation, and if it is brought into play, it is given a use or an effect:
In the summer months a different set of climatic factors come into play.
All the resources and staff available were brought into play to cope with the crisis.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush of idiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- break into sth
- export
- go ahead
- ground
- initiator
- instate
- introduce
- kick
- kick in
- kick-start
- strike
- touch sth off
- train
- trigger
- wade in
- weave
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