game : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb in an advantageous position
  
  • she's ahead of the game

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• noun a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
  American football.
  

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• noun a game involving athletic activity
  

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• noun a game played away from home
  away game.
  

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• noun a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)
  ballgame.
  

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• noun any gambling game in which bets are laid against the gambling house or the dealer
  

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• noun a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
  baseball.
  
  • he played baseball in high school
  • there was a baseball game on every empty lot
  • there was a desire for National League ball in the area
  • play ball!

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• noun a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
  basketball; hoops.
  

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• noun large animals that are hunted for sport
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Blackcock, Grouse, and Heath grouse.

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• noun accusations exchanged among people who refuse to accept sole responsibility for some undesirable event
  

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• noun a game played on a specially designed board
  

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• noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; gyp; bunco; hustle; confidence trick; con.
  

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• noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; gyp; bunco; hustle; confidence trick; con.
  

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• (Antiq.), annual games instituted at Rome by Camillus, in honor of Jupter Capitolinus, on account of the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they were held every fifth year.

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• noun a game played with playing cards
  cards.
  

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• noun a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
  chess.
  

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• noun a game enjoyed by children
  

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• noun a game played against a computer
  computer game.
  

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• noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; gyp; bunco; hustle; confidence trick; con.
  

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• noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; gyp; bunco; hustle; confidence trick; con.
  

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• any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler.

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• noun an athletic game played on a court
  

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• noun playing craps
  crapshoot; crap shooting.
  

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• noun a game played in daylight
  

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• one in which neither party wins; one equally contested.

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• noun the final stages of an extended process of negotiation
  endgame.
  
  • the diplomatic endgame
• noun the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board
  endgame.
  

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• noun a game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing
  exhibition game.
  

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• noun a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
  prey; target; quarry.
  
  • he fell prey to muggers
  • everyone was fair game
  • the target of a manhunt

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• noun an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions
  

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• noun any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
  football.
  

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• noun a game that involves gambling
  gambling game.
  

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• a sportsman's bag for carrying small game captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken.

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• noun any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport
  

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• any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse, partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew, and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and guns.

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• an egg producing a gamecock.

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• noun equipment or apparatus used in playing a game
  

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• noun any fish providing sport for the angler
  sport fish.
  

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• noun any of several breeds reared for cockfighting
  

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Game" fowl`

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1. (Zoöl.) A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males.

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• noun a regulation intended to manage or preserve game animals
  game law.
  

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• noun a regulation intended to manage or preserve game animals
  game law.
  

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• laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking game for food or for sport.

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• noun a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time
  hunting license; hunting permit; hunting licence.
  

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• noun (ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player)
  

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• noun a game that involves gambling
  gambling game.
  

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• noun (figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs
  
  • newscasters speculated about the President's game plan for an invasion
• noun (sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport
  

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• a land owner who regulates the killing of game on his estate with a view to its increase. Eng.

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• noun a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc)
  playroom; rumpus room.
  

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• noun a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards
  giveaway.
  

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• noun (economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players
  game theory.
  

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• noun a person employed to take care of game and wildlife
  gamekeeper.
  

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• noun the teacher in charge of games at a school
  games-master.
  

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• noun the teacher in charge of games at a school
  games-master.
  

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• noun one of a set of cards used in gambling games
  

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• noun a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)
  gambling hell; gambling den; gambling house.
  

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• noun a table used for gambling; may be equipped with a gameboard and slots for chips
  

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• noun a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
  go.
  

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• noun a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
  golf.
  

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• a theft committed by grabbing or snatching a purse or other piece of property. Colloq.

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• hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from winged game.

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• noun a game in which participants compete to identify some obscurely indicated thing
  

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• noun the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
  delusion; illusion.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a European grouse (Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heats; called also black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl, moor fowl. The male is called, heath cock, and blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.

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• a game at cards; also called all fours, old sledge, and seven up.

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• noun a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks
  ice hockey; hockey.
  

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• noun a game played at home
  

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• noun the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially on the Isthmus of Corinth in the first and third years of each Olympiad
  

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• (Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national festivals of Greece, celebrated on the Isthmus of Corinth in the spring of every alternate year. They consisted of all kinds of athletic sports, wrestling, boxing, racing on foot and in chariots, and also contests in music and poetry. The prize was a garland of pine leaves.

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• a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished person or party does not score a point.

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Make"-game` noun

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1. An object of ridicule; a butt. Godwin.

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• noun an international championship match
  match game; test match.
  

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• a game arranged as a test of superiority.

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• noun an international championship match
  match game; test match.
  

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• any May-day sport.

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• noun any game designed to exercise the intellect
  
• noun deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage)
  
  • football players try to play mind games with the opposition
  • the jeweler's mind game is to convince lovers that the size of a gemstone reflects the depth of their feelings

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• . (Zoöl.) Same as Moor fowl (above).

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• noun a futile or unprofitable endeavor
  

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• noun the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad
  

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• noun a game played under artificial illumination at night
  

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• noun a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits
  no-hitter.
  

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• noun an illegal daily lottery
  numbers racket; numbers; numbers pool.
  

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• noun the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus; held every 4 years beginning in 776 BC
  Olympian Games.
  

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• noun the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
  Olympics; Olympiad.
  
• noun the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus; held every 4 years beginning in 776 BC
  Olympian Games.
  

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• (Greek Antiq.), the greatest of the national festivals of the ancient Greeks, consisting of athletic games and races, dedicated to Olympian Zeus, celebrated once in four years at Olympia, and continuing five days.

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• noun an athletic game that is played outdoors
  

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• a method of stealing money in a panel house.

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• noun a game suitable for playing in a parlor
  parlor game.
  

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• noun a game suitable for playing in a parlor
  parlor game.
  

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• noun a game to amuse guests at a party
  

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• noun (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
  passing; passing play; pass.
  
  • the coach sent in a passing play on third and long

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• noun a game in which a pitcher does not allow any opposing player to reach base
  

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• noun a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets
  pinball.
  

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• noun one game in the series of games constituting a playoff
  

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• noun any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
  poker.
  

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• noun a game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing
  exhibition game.
  

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• noun the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Delphi held every four years in the third year of the Olympiad in honor of Apollo
  

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• (Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national festivals of ancient Greece, celebrated near Delphi, in honor of Apollo, the conqueror of the dragon Python, at first once in eight years, afterward once in four.

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• noun a game played away from home
  away game.
  

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• a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his own account.

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• noun (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
  running; run; running play.
  
  • the defensive line braced to stop the run
  • the coach put great emphasis on running

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• a game, as of ball, by unpracticed players.

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• noun the centennial rites and games of ancient Rome that marked the commencement of a new generation (100 years representing the longest life in a generation); observances may have begun as early as the 5th century BC and lasted well into the Christian era
  Ludi Saeculares.
  

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• (Rom. Antiq.), games celebrated, at long but irregular intervals, for three days and nights, with sacrifices, theatrical shows, combats, sports, and the like.

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• noun a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
  thimblerig.
  

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• noun a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer
  softball.
  

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• [Colloq.] stage n. 10.

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• noun a form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle
  stickball.
  

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• noun a game that is played on a table
  

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• noun (economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players
  game theory.
  

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• . (a) To show a brave, unyielding spirit. (b) To be victor in a game. Colloq.

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• to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the last; to die fighting.

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• to make sport of; to mock.

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• to protect it from extermination.

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• noun a game played against a computer
  computer game.
  

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• noun a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands
  volleyball.
  

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• noun a strategy of delay
  

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• noun a simulation of a military operation intended to train military commanders or to demonstrate a situation or to test a proposed strategy
  

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• (Zoöl.), the white ptarmigan.

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• noun an Olympics for winter sports
  Winter Olympics.
  

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• noun any game involving the formation or alteration or discovery of words
  

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• noun a game in which the total of all the gains and losses is zero
  

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