play out
See also: playout
English edit
Verb edit
play out (third-person singular simple present plays out, present participle playing out, simple past and past participle played out)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, out.
- Go and play out in the yard.
- (transitive) To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion.
- 2011 February 12, Nabil Hassan, “Blackburn 0 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC[1]:
- Newcastle and Blackburn played out a goalless draw in a game that the Magpies dominated at Ewood Park.
- (transitive) To play music to accompany the end of, or as a final segment in (a programme, broadcast etc.).
- And now, to play us out, please welcome Tom Waits.
- (intransitive) To occur in a certain manner.
- Let's keep our heads down for a little while and see how things play out.
- My date played out a little differently than I imagined.
- 2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club[2]:
- The Mountain versus the Hound played out entertainingly, with the elder Clegane still outmatching his younger brother pound for pound and blow for blow. Being turned into a walking zombie of sorts didn’t just amplify his strength; it essentially obviated the need to parry blows, as even Sandor sinking his sword deep into his undead brother didn’t seem to slow him down in the slightest.
- (transitive, perhaps influenced by or confused with 'pay out') To feed (rope, cord, etc.) so as to allow more length or slackness.
- I sat at the top of the cliff and played out the rope as she descended.
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References edit
- “play out”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.