play out

verb

played out; playing out; plays out

Synonyms of play out next

transitive verb

: to perform to the end

play out a role

: use up, finish

: unreel, unfold

played out a length of line—

Gordon Webber

intransitive verb

: to become spent or exhausted

: develop, unfold

see how things play out

Examples of play out in a Sentence

we've finally played out the leftovers from that huge holiday meal

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Morgan Stanley upgrades Carvana to equal weight from underweight The firm raised its price target on the stock to $260 per share from $110 following earnings and says the Carvana bull case is starting to play out. —

Michael Bloom, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024 There has already been at least one instance of tensions boiling over in South Carolina where ugly scenes played out at an Orangeburg County early-voting location. —

Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 Similar conundrums played out in a handful of presidential elections before, including in 2000, when George W. Bush won the Electoral College despite losing the popular vote to then-Vice President Al Gore. —

Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024 The cost crunch is also playing out in TV production, as players activate strategies to produce high quality shows without losing their shirts. —

John Hopewell, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for play out