shakes out

present tense third-person singular of shake out
as in proves
to come to be after hearing about all the elaborate planning, I can't wait to see how that wedding shakes out

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“Shakes out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shakes%20out. Accessed 23 Mar. 2023.

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