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Verb

S: (v) run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire (deplete) "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
S: (v) play out (perform or be performed to the end) "How will the election drama be played out?"

S: (v) play out (play to a finish) "We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last"

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S: (n) game (a contest with rules to determine a winner) "you need four people to play this game"

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S: (v) play (participate in games or sport) "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"

S: (v) line up (take one's position before a kick-off)
S: (v) curl (play the Scottish game of curling)
S: (v) snooker (leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot)
S: (v) revoke (fail to follow suit when able and required to do so)
S: (v) develop (move into a strategically more advantageous position) "develop the rook"
S: (v) develop (move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions) "Spassky developed quickly"
S: (v) die (to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player)
S: (v) misplay (play wrong or in an unskillful manner)
S: (v) start (play in the starting lineup)
S: (v) fumble (drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder) "fumble a grounder"
S: (v) volley (make a volley)
S: (v) unblock (play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding)
S: (v) replay (play again) "We replayed the game"; "replay a point"
S: (v) cricket (play cricket)
S: (v) backstop (act as a backstop)
S: (v) fullback (play the fullback)
S: (v) quarterback (play the quarterback)
S: (v) cradle (run with the stick)
S: (v) exit (lose the lead)
S: (v) play out (play to a finish) "We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last"
S: (v) field (play as a fielder)
S: (v) catch (be the catcher) "Who is catching?"
S: (v) face off, bully off (start a game by a face-off)
S: (v) tee off (strike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole)
S: (v) ace (play (a hole) in one stroke)
S: (v) complete, nail (complete a pass)
S: (v) gamble (play games for money)
S: (v) walk (give a base on balls to)
S: (v) bowl (engage in the sport of bowling) "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights"
S: (v) golf (play golf)
S: (v) bandy (toss or strike a ball back and forth)
S: (v) foul (commit a foul; break the rules)
S: (v) put out (retire) "he was put out at third base on a long throw from left field"
S: (v) croquet (play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops)
S: (v) putt (hit a putt) "he lost because he putted so poorly"
S: (v) teeter-totter, teetertotter, seesaw (ride on a plank)
S: (v) bid, call (make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands) "He called his trump"

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S: (v) play out (become spent or exhausted) "The champion's strength played out fast"

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S: (v) run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire (deplete) "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (v) change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

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