play out

play out
vt
1) usu passive (take place)
to be \play outed out scene sich akk abspielen
2) (act out)
to \play out out <-> sth etw umsetzen;
to \play out out a scene eine Szene [vor]spielen
3) (play to end)
to \play out out a play/scene theat ein Stück/eine Szene [zu Ende] spielen;
to \play out out the last few seconds/the rest of the first half sports die letzten Sekunden/den Rest der ersten Halbzeit spielen;
to \play out out time das Ergebnis über die Zeit retten;
he just has to \play out out these last three games er muss nur noch die letzten drei Spiele über die Bühne bringen
4) (blow over)
to \play out itself out von selbst verschwinden vi (esp Am) bekannt werden;
(make itself felt) sich akk manifestieren

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