Lexic.us

Definition of Play out

1. Verb. Deplete. "They play out the money "; "We quickly played out our strength"

2. Verb. Perform or be performed to the end. "How will the election drama be played out?"

3. Verb. Play to a finish. "We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last"

4. Verb. Become spent or exhausted. "The champion's strength played out fast"

Definition of Play out

1. Verb. (transitive) To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To play music to accompany the end of, or as a final segment in (a programme, broadcast etc.). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Play Out

play hookey play hooky play house play houses play in play it by ear play it cool play it safe play list play money

play off play on play on words play one's cards right play one against another play out (current term) play possum play reading play safe play second fiddle

play silly buggers play someone like a fiddle play structure play the advantage play the board play the field play the fool play the ponies play the race card play the same tape

Literary usage of Play out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1863)
"When you are obliged to lead from a numerically weak suit, the general rule is to play out the highest card you have, to inform your partner. ..."

2. The Bookman (1898)
"In making a play out of the novel, either dramatic proportion had to be ignored or the details of the story had to be very much changed. ..."

3. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1889)
"The difficulties and disadvantages of trying to make a play out of a popular tale, when the sequence and development of the story must be retained in the ..."

4. The Chess Player's Chronicle (1882)
"All games unfinished on play-days must be played off on these bye-days, and when a player has to play out an unfinished game and a draw, the former will ..."

5. The Law Magazine and Review: For Both Branches of the Legal Profession at by William S. Hein & Company (1875)
"In other words, no English author is permitted to manufacture a play out of another English author's play under pretence that he is making a ' fair ..."

6. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1863)
"When you are obliged to lead from a numerically weak suit, the general rule is to play out the highest card you have, to inform your partner. ..."

7. The Bookman (1898)
"In making a play out of the novel, either dramatic proportion had to be ignored or the details of the story had to be very much changed. ..."

8. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1889)
"The difficulties and disadvantages of trying to make a play out of a popular tale, when the sequence and development of the story must be retained in the ..."

9. The Chess Player's Chronicle (1882)
"All games unfinished on play-days must be played off on these bye-days, and when a player has to play out an unfinished game and a draw, the former will ..."

10. The Law Magazine and Review: For Both Branches of the Legal Profession at by William S. Hein & Company (1875)
"In other words, no English author is permitted to manufacture a play out of another English author's play under pretence that he is making a ' fair ..."

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