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

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

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1. Illinois Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger:

   While the legal process will continue to play out, I am confident that the court will ultimately see that paying all state employees is the best and only way to protect the state from significant federal fines.

2. Jim Manley:

   Her modus operandi has been to hang back and let the process play out. She is playing the long game, i am not sure what the future holds for her, but I think she is determined to carve out a role within the party for many years to come.

3. Michael Osterholm:

   We are not sure how this is going to play out for the next four to six months, if... The Delta variant follows this pattern that The Delta variant's taken in other countries, we can expect to see -- particularly the Southern sunbelt states that are getting hit so hard right now -- actually show a really rapid decline in cases probably in two to three weeks. The real challenge is what's going to happen with all the other states where we're seeing increases... If they too light up, then this surge could actually go on well into mid-September or later.

4. David Holohan:

   We think monetary policy easing is one last hurrah and once that's played out, if it hasn't already, investors will look at fundamentals and see earnings estimates have been deteriorating for several months now, and that disconnect shouldn't play out much longer before equities give in.

5. Hans Mikkelsen:

   Valuations are more attractive now, but our concerns are about the technicals rather than fundamentals, the technicals still have to play out.