play part

play your part

to do what you can do or should do Local leaders played their part in making the festival a great success.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the form play a part (to be involved): I'm afraid that I also played a part in wrongly accusing her.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Norbert	NAWR-bert (German, Polish), NAWR-bərt (English, Dutch)	German, English, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Polish, Ancient Germanic
Rowell	['rauəl]
Sherlock	SHUR-lahk (English)	Literature
Shelena	-	African American (Rare)
Yuri (2)	yoo-ṙee	Japanese
Kyou	kyo:	Japanese