Play out meaning
Play out is a phrasal verb that means to behave as though an imaginary situation were actually happening.
- Past simple
- played out
- Past participle
- played out
- -ing form
- playing out
What play out means
B2
To behave as though an imaginary situation were actually happening
The students played out a mock emergency.
Similar phrasal verbs
With play: play on, play around, play at, play with, play along, play around with, play back, play off, play someone/something off against someone/something, play up.
With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.
Common questions
What does play out mean?
To behave as though an imaginary situation were actually happening.
What is the past tense of play out?
Played out, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
