game out

verb

To play games to such an excessive degree that one is unwilling to play more.

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Meanings

verbgame out (third-person singular simple present games out, present participle gaming out, simple past and past participle gamed out)

present singular third person games out · participle present gaming out · participle past gamed out · past gamed out

  1. slangTo play games to such an excessive degree that one is unwilling to play more.
  2. idiomaticTo 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

Translations

Spanish simular, hacer simulaciones
  • simular(idiomatic)
  • hacer simulaciones(idiomatic)
  • hacer unas simulaciones(idiomatic)
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APA

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MLA

“game out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/game%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “game out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/game%20out.

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