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play out
verb
1 play out
Deplete.
synonyms: exhaust, run down, sap, tire.
Roget 729:
effect,
effectuate;
accomplish,
achieve,
compass,
consummate,
hammer out;
bring to maturity,
bring to perfection;
perfect,
complete;
elaborate.
do,
execute,
make;
go through,
get through;
work out,
enact;
bring about,
bring to bear,
bring to pass,
bring through,
bring to a head.
despatch,
dispatch;
knock off,
finish off,
polish off;
make short work of;
dispose of,
set at rest;
perform,
discharge,
fulfill,
realize;
put in practice,
put in force;
carry out,
carry into effect,
carry into execution;
make good;
be as good as one's word.
do thoroughly,
not do by halves,
go the whole hog;
drive home;
be in at the death
etc.
(persevere)
604.1;
carry through,
play out,
exhaust;
fill the bill [U.S.].
finish,
bring to a close
etc.
(end)
67;
wind up,
stamp,
clinch,
seal,
set the seal on,
put the seal;
give the final touch
etc.
n..
to;
put the last,
put the finishing hand to,
put the finishing touches on;
crown,
crown all;
cap.
ripen,
culminate;
come to a head,
come to a crisis;
come to its end;
die a natural death,
die of old age;
run its course,
run one's race;
touch the goal,
reach the goal,
attain the goal;
reach
etc.
(arrive)
292;
get in the harvest.
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Dutch: interen, opdoen, opgebruiken, opmaken
2 play out
Perform or be performed to the end.
3 play out
4 play out
Become spent or exhausted.
Moby thesaurus: blow, break down, burn out, collapse, crack up, droop, drop, faint, fatigue, flag, gasp, get tired, give out, grow weary, jade, pant, peter out, poop out, puff, puff and blow, run down, run out, sink, succumb, tire, weary, wheeze, wilt ... show more.
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