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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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