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View definitions for play out

play out

verb as in to bring to an end

verb as in to end up

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"They can play out from the back but also more direct. We know they will try to challenge us in their tactics."

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Miraculous moments in the story, such as water welling from a rock where Patrick later baptizes people, play out in a quiet tone.

Around a 15-minute drive from the Prince of Wales Hospital, a grim scene played out as those who had lost family members went to a public mortuary to identify the bodies.

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Their love triangle would play out, in part, in “Fool for Love.”

Seehorn’s Carol, on the other hand, is battling her way through one long X-File that, for the time being, is set to play out over at least two seasons.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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