Search Result for "play_out":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. deplete;
- Example: "exhaust one's savings"
- Example: "We quickly played out our strength"
[syn: run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire]

2. perform or be performed to the end;
- Example: "How will the election drama be played out?"

3. play to a finish;
- Example: "We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last"

4. become spent or exhausted;
- Example: "The champion's strength played out fast"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

play out
    v 1: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out
         our strength" [syn: run down, exhaust, play out,
         sap, tire]
    2: perform or be performed to the end; "How will the election
       drama be played out?"
    3: play to a finish; "We have got to play this game out, even
       thought it is clear that we have last"
    4: become spent or exhausted; "The champion's strength played
       out fast"