PLAY OUT


Meaning of PLAY OUT in English

If a dramatic event is played out, it gradually takes place.

Her union reforms were played out against a background of rising unemployment...

= unfold

PHRASAL VERB: usu passive, be V-ed P, also V P n

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .