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单词 play out
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phrasal verb [usually passive]
If a dramatic event is played out, it gradually takes place.
Her union reforms were played out against a background of rising unemployment. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE]
The film has eerie parallels with the drama being played out in real life. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE]
[Also VERB PARTICLE noun]
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play out in British English

verb (adverb)
1. (transitive)
to finish
let's play the game out if we aren't too late
2. (tr; often passive) informal
to use up or exhaust
3. (transitive)
to release gradually
he played the rope out
4. (intransitive)
to happen or turn out
Let's wait and see how things play out

play out in American English

1. 
to play to the finish
2. 
pay out1 (sense 2) (see phrase under pay1)
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Examples of 'play out' in a sentence
play out

She was moving at her old, leisurely pace, as though they had all the time in the world to play out the last reel of this tragedy.
Clive Barker COLDHEART CANYON (2001)
We may as well play out this hand while we're waiting for him,' the voice said.
MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR
She had come this far, she decided, so she might as well play out the drama to the end.
Maupin, Armistead FURTHER TALES OF THE CITY (1989)
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