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| played out [ plàyd ówt ] |
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1. exhausted: drained of energy or inspiration as a result of excessive or prolonged effort or of being too long in the public eye
 After months of intensive but not very productive research I was feeling played out and in need of a vacation.
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2. no longer popular or fashionable: having lost all usefulness or relevance through overuse or overexposure
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| [Originally describing a fish caught on a line that has fought until it is exhausted] |
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