"game out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-game out.ogg [Australia] Forms: games out [present, singular, third-person], gaming out [participle, present], gamed out [participle, past], gamed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} game out (third-person singular simple present games out, present participle gaming out, simple past and past participle gamed out)
  1. (slang) To play games to such an excessive degree that one is unwilling to play more. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-game_out-en-verb-AACms70d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 51 49
  2. (idiomatic) To run through scenarios to determine what will happen given certain decisions; to play out possibilities; to examine several ideas to come up with their likeliest end results. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-game_out-en-verb-QgIFWQND Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 51 49

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