PLAY OUT Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

play out

verb

Definition of play out next

as in to spend

to make complete use of we've finally played out the leftovers from that huge holiday meal

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Recent Examples of play out Sun Drop’s significance While more hearings, investigation and perhaps a trial must play out before the Sun Drop killings are solved, Talbert’s arrest is the first real development and chance at closure for the victims’ families and the town of Concord. —

Julia Coin may 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026 These technologies take a very long time to play out. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 May 2026 There, many cited the images of immigration enforcement agents violently arresting and even killing people and feared that similar scenes might play out within their community. —

Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 28 May 2026 The same tension is playing out now with AI. —

Harlem Capital, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for play out

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Robert had spent the last few years accruing credit card points—more on that below—in the hopes of planning a blowout honeymoon experience for the wanderlusting couple, who had previously traveled together to romantic destinations like Japan and the south of France.

— Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
Grown-ups bring a ladder to climb into the enormous fruit, kids gather up their inflatable toys, someone makes a waterslide out of a piece of rind, and the whole community spends the day splashing in the juice and pulp (being careful to remove the seeds first).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026