play out
     v 1: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our
          strength" [syn: run down, exhaust, sap, tire]
     2: perform or be performed to the end; "How will the election
        drama be played out?"
     3: play to a finish; "We have got to play this game out, even
        thought it is clear that we have last"
     4: become spent or exhausted; "The champion's strength played
        out fast"

	

	28 Moby Thesaurus words for "play out":
   blow, break down, burn out, collapse, crack up, droop, drop, faint,
   fatigue, flag, gasp, get tired, give out, grow weary, jade, pant,
   peter out, poop out, puff, puff and blow, run down, run out, sink,
   succumb, tire, weary, wheeze, wilt