phrasal verb

Play out

No. 113 most commonLetter PInseparable

2Sections

Progress, often till it finishes

Meanings

  • Progress, often till it finishes (intransitive, International English)
  • Pretend that something is real and reduce its effect (separable [optional], International English)
  • Play something to the end (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

  • Let's see how things PLAY OUT.
  • Computer games allow people to PLAY OUT their violent urges.
  • Rain stopped them PLAYING the game OUT.Unwind (e.g.
  • When he hooked the swordfish, his line rapidly PLAYED OUT.

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