play out

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. deplete
- exhaust one's savings
- We quickly played out our strength
• Syn:
run down, exhaust, sap, tire
• Derivationally related forms:
sapper (for: sap), exhaustion (for: exhaust)
• Hypernyms:
consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete,
exhaust, run through, wipe out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. perform or be performed to the end
- How will the election drama be played out?
• Hypernyms:
perform
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
3. play to a finish
- We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last
• Topics:
game
• Hypernyms:
play
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. become spent or exhausted
- The champion's strength played out fast
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Group:
run down, exhaust, sap, tire
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s