PHRASAL VERB : usu passive.
If a dramatic event is played out, it gradually takes place.
- Her union reforms were played out against a background of rising unemployment.
- = unfold
... Cobuild
play out something: to go through a process.
- We're waiting to see how the debate about more education reform will play itself out in the weeks ahead.
... Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
1. Finish, run out, as in:
- This extreme fashion will soon play out, or
- The tension between factions will surely play itself out by next year. [Late 1500s]
2. Unwind, unreel, as in:
- They slowly played out the cable. cf. Also see played out.
....Am-Heritage-Idioms
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- It originally wanted to use actors and actresses but decided against this so that the trial - based on a real event that occurred a few years ago - would play out as naturally as possible. (출처: The Korea Herald)
..... 당초 대법원은 배우를 기용할 생각이었으나 수년 전에 실제로 있었던 사건에 기초한 재판이 가장 자연스러울 것이라는 생각에서 포기키로 했다. [?????] - Let it play out. (출처: 웹검색 예문) .... 진행을 하자
- At least until this crisis plays out. (출처: 웹검색 예문) .... 적어도 이 위기가 끝날 때까지요
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