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PLAY OUT

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become spent or exhausted

Example:

The champion's strength played out fast

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "play out" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

exhaust; play out; run down; sap; tire (deplete)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Play to a finish

Example:

We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "play out" is one way to...):

play (participate in games or sport)

Verb group:

play out (perform or be performed to the end)

Domain category:

game (a contest with rules to determine a winner)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Perform or be performed to the end

Example:

How will the election drama be played out?

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "play out" is one way to...):

perform (give a performance (of something))

Verb group:

play out (play to a finish)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Deplete

Example:

We quickly played out our strength

Synonyms:

exhaust; play out; run down; sap; tire

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "play out" is one way to...):

consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))

Verb group:

play out (become spent or exhausted)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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