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play out

verb

  1. tr to finish

    let's play the game out if we aren't too late

  2. informal.
    tr; often passive to use up or exhaust
  3. tr to release gradually

    he played the rope out

  4. intr to happen or turn out

    Let's wait and see how things play out

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Hymns played out on giant speakers, occasionally drowned out by the sound of helicopters flying overhead, as drones and seagulls crisscrossed over Michelangelo's dome.

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We’ve seen these players and the board before, but the filmmakers try to keep us on our toes with how the whole thing plays out.

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She said the details of what happened that fateful day in Haverfordwest had "led to much frustration, disappointment and ultimately anger in how things played out".

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Times reporter, as the story played out in real time.

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I’m excited to see how it plays out in the future.

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