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OUT OF PLAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does out of play mean?
• OUT OF PLAY (adjective)
The adjective OUT OF PLAY has 1 sense:
1. (of a ball) not available to be played during a game
Familiarity information: OUT OF PLAY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a ball) not available to be played during a game
Context example:
a ball that is out of play is dead
Similar:
dead (not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
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