Synonyms for play out
play 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

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Deplete
   • Game
   • Perform
   • Play

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1. Rob Enderle:

   If Android has one significant weakness it is security and that's just the thing that BlackBerry can fix, so it could play out pretty well and I am actually quite surprised that they did not try this sooner.

2. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

   I don't think Bernie Sanders should get out of the race, i know the enthusiasm of supporters for candidates and they want to see it play out for the ideas, the causes that the candidate advances for the opportunity for people to show their support.

3. Ethan Liming:

   My heart goes out to Ethan's family, but none of us know what happened that night. None of us were there. We're going to have to let the court system play out.

4. Chief Technology Officer Stephen Bye:

   It's one of those topics that is highly charged, highly politicized and we took a step back and said it works in the interest of our customers, our consumers and the industry and we frankly found some of the arguments (of our competitors) to be less than compelling, our competitors are going to continue to invest so they are representing a situation that won't play out.

5. Mark Esper:

   It seems in some ways that Iran is inching toward that place where we could have talks and hopefully it'll play out that way.