Definition of "play out"

play out

verb
third-person singular simple present plays out, present participle playing out, simple past and past participle played out
1. (transitive) To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion.
  Quotations
  Newcastle and Blackburn played out a goalless draw in a game that the Magpies dominated at Ewood Park.
  2011 February 12, Nabil Hassan, “Blackburn 0 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC‎
2. (transitive) To play music to accompany the end of, or as a final segment in (a programme, broadcast etc.).
3. (intransitive) To occur in a certain manner.
  Quotations
  The Mountain versus the Hound played out entertainingly, with the elder Clegane still outmatching his younger brother pound for pound and blow for blow. Being turned into a walking zombie of sorts didn’t just amplify his strength; it essentially obviated the need to parry blows, as even Sandor sinking his sword deep into his undead brother didn’t seem to slow him down in the slightest.
  2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎