play out

play out
play out
I. 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)
he just has to \play out out these last three games er muss nur noch die letzten drei Spiele über die Bühne bringen
to \play out out ⇆ a play/scene ein Stück/eine Szene [zu Ende] spielen
to \play out out ⇆ the last few seconds/the rest of the first half die letzten Sekunden/den Rest der ersten Halbzeit spielen
to \play out out time das Ergebnis über die Zeit retten
4. (abate)
to \play out itself out von selbst verschwinden
II. vi esp AM bekannt werden; (become felt) sich akk manifestieren
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vt sep
1) (THEAT) scene (= enact) darstellen; (= finish acting) zu Ende spielen (also fig)

their romance was played out against a background of civil war — ihre Romanze spielte sich vor dem Hintergrund des Bürgerkrieges ab

2) (esp pass = use up) mine ausbeuten

to play out (the) time — die Zeit herumbringen; (Sport also) auf Zeit spielen, Zeit schinden (pej)

a played-out joke (inf) — ein abgedroschener Witz

a played-out theory (inf)

I was completely played out after the game (inf) — nach dem Spiel war ich völlig geschafft (inf)

3) (MUS) mit Musik hinausgeleiten

the organ played them out — das Spiel der Orgel geleitete sie hinaus

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play out v/t
1. THEAT eine Szene etc darstellen:
be played out sich abspielen (Romanze etc)
2. ein Spiel beenden, zu Ende spielen
3. Vorräte etc erschöpfen:
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4. das alte Jahr etc musikalisch verabschieden

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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