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Play out   /pleɪ aʊt/   Listen
Play out

verb
1.
Deplete.  Synonyms: exhaust, run down, sap, tire.  "We quickly played out our strength"
2.
Perform or be performed to the end.
3.
Play to a finish.
4.
Become spent or exhausted.






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"Play out" Quotes from Famous Books



... the result, but had determined to have the play out. So I drew off my slipper, and, thrusting my hand right through the hole at the toe, I made a bit of play with my fingers, and shouted in ...
— A Tramp's Wallet - stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France • William Duthie

... no mo' idee the mines w'ud pan out than I have that Sam's laigs'll grow straight. I figger we can do this. We can use the money, keepin' account of it, puttin' it into stock an' improvements that'll pay fo' themselves long befo' Molly comes of age an' my guardeen papers play out. That way we'll have the benefit of the capital an' keep it ready to turn over to her if she ever needs it. I don't believe she'll ever take one red cent of it. It was a gamble with her an' she's a thoroughbred sport. To my mind, she'd sooner be slapped in the face by us than have ...
— Rimrock Trail • J. Allan Dunn

... Marjorie; "seems 'sif we can't have any fun!" Then her face brightened, and she added, "But mayn't we take our jographies out on the playground, and play out there?" ...
— Marjorie's Busy Days • Carolyn Wells

... from the indignant lady's lips. "Her stock in trade! What does she mean? Does she play out this child for her own ...
— Bessie's Fortune - A Novel • Mary J. Holmes

... reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear. We must learn to act the play out. We must live misfortune ...
— David Copperfield • Charles Dickens


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