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gen. play into the hands; work in one's favor (ivvi); play into hands (кому-либо); play into the hands of (+ dat.); do someone's bidding (U.S. officials who opposed the decision to go after al-Nusra's wider leadership warned that the United States would effectively be doing the Assad government's bidding by weakening a group on the front line of the counter-Assad fight. VLZ_58); play into one's efforts (Having incompetent enemies is a blessing. For three years, Chinese President Xi Jinping has showered blessings upon the US. A self-isolated, belligerent and increasingly repressive China has been its own worst enemy, playing into America’s efforts to check Chinese power. bloomberg.com aldrignedigen)
fig. play host (Abysslooker)
idiom. put at an advantage (Abysslooker)
Makarov. play into someone's hands (кому-либо); play into the hand's of (someone – кому-либо); play into the hands of (someone – кому-либо)
proverb bring grist to the mill (кому-либо); bring grist to somebody's mill (кому-либо); play the game of (someone – кому-либо)
играть кому-либо на руку
gen. play game; play the game of
dipl. play into the hands of
Makarov. play into someone's hand
играть на руку: 8 phrases in 5 subjects
Chess1
General3
Idiomatic2
Politics1
Rhetoric1