played out

1. See play out .

2. Exhausted, worn out, as in This was the third trip the mules had made, and they were utterly played out . [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

And it is not just Scottish government ministers who are angry at how this has played out.

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The scenes that have played out on the streets — protesters being arrested, immigrants dragged out of their cars — have been repeated in Chicago and other cities with largely Democratic leadership.

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It was one of the nuttier conclusions in recent memory, but similar drama has played out across the sport this season.

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The 27-year-old from Belarus is now the undoubted women's number one but it was hard work and suffering which got her there, and some of it played out very publicly.

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A senior US official told the FT that China International Trade Representative Li Chenggang had previewed many of China's current lines of attack that recently played out.

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Related Words

• bankrupt 
• exhausted 
• impoverished 
• indigent 
• insolvent 
• needy 
• penniless 
• poor 
• poverty-stricken 
• strapped