play_out has definitions from the fields of games,performing arts
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[ verb ] (performing arts) perform or be performed to the end

Examples

"How will the election drama be played out?"

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act perform

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[ verb ] become spent or exhausted

Examples

"The champion's strength played out fast"

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change run_down

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[ verb ] deplete

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"exhaust one's savings" "We quickly played out our strength"

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consume drain sapper

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[ verb ] (games) play (a game) to a finish

Examples

"We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last"

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play game

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