Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is play into someone’s hands and it is a phrase meaning “to do something unintentionally which will give an advantage to the competitor/opponent”.
Example Sentence: While stepping up the security campaign is inevitable considering the fact that the Maoists have refused to abjure violence, the security personnel and the government should not get carried away in retaliation and target civilians as this would play right into the hands of Maoist propaganda about state repression.
This phrase is present in Strong setback: On the Maoist movement and anti-Maoist operations
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Courtesy: The Hindu
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