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Antonyms for play outplay out

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  1. run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tireverb

    deplete

    "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

    Synonyms:
    sap, exhaust, eat up, expel, wash up, eat, release, glance over, beat, tire, run over, wear out, rake, pall, tire out, peter out, use up, bore, tucker out, conk out, run out, jade, scan, run through, wear upon, wipe out, outwear, skim, discharge, run down, weary, tucker, wear down, poop out, fatigue, eject, consume, check out, deplete, fag out, wear

  2. play outverb

    perform or be performed to the end

    "How will the election drama be played out?"

    Synonyms:
    tire, sap, exhaust, run down

  3. play outverb

    play to a finish

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

    Synonyms:
    tire, sap, exhaust, run down

  4. play outverb

    become spent or exhausted

    "The champion's strength played out fast"

    Synonyms:
    tire, sap, exhaust, run down

How to use play out in a sentence?

  1. Jim Manley:

    She's a very important figure, her modus operandi has been to hang back and let the process play out. She is playing the long game.

  2. Ned Price:

    There’s not going to be much that I can say on a case like this for reasons that you well understand. You heard the president speak to this earlier in the week from Mexico City, just as you heard from the president, the secretary [ Blinken ] was surprised to learn that there were any government records taken to that office. As you know, as is now well known, there is a review of this matter, so we’re going to let that review play out.

  3. Edward Hoagland:

    Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga -- stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts.

  4. Randy Garutti:

    That doesn't seem right to us, as we watched this opportunity play out over the weeks, it was very clear that the program was underfunded and wasn't set up for everyone to win.

  5. Anthony Leiserowitz:

    We can see this division play out right now between moderate, liberal, and conservative Catholics, what’s going to happen when the Pope comes out with his statement about global warming and how it’s a moral and religious duty to address it when conservative presidential and congressional candidates (in the 2016 election) are appeasing their base?

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