play itself out
— phrasal verb with play uk/pleɪ/us/pleɪ/verb
If a situation plays itself out, it develops until nothing more can happen, and it is no longer very important:
We were forced to stand back and let the crisis play itself out.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Coming to an end
- come off
- come off sth
- come out
- come to a full stop idiom
- come to a head idiom
- come to sth
- come to the end of the road idiom
- dry up
- fizzle
- go out (of) the window idiom
- head
- land
- land up
- lapse
- let
- let up
- peter
- road
- run
- wind up
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