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games out

games out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of game out.

Meaning of game out

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.
  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.
    • In a gathering Cold War atmosphere, American officials are gaming out responses should Russia resort to battlefield nuclear weapons.2022 October 1, David E. Sanger, Anton Troianovski, Julian E. Barnes, “In Washington, Putin’s Nuclear Threats Stir Growing Alarm”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about games out

What is games out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Games out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of game out.

Words near games out in the dictionary

  1. games of gotcha
  2. games of skill
  3. games of Troy
  4. games of two halves
  5. games on
  6. games out
  7. games room
  8. games rooms
  9. games the system
  10. games with a purpose
  11. gamesave

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