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name of the game
noun
the essential element, consideration, or ultimate purpose; key.
Profit is the name of the game in business.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of name of the game1
Example Sentences
After all, following 2010, austerity was the name of the game and the then-Chancellor George Osborne could ill afford to be seen to be chalking up losses by selling RBS shares when he was making cuts elsewhere.
“The name of the game is attention. Trump and Musk are very good at it,” Democratic strategist Mike Nellis said on X. “Democrats have struggled to take these kinds of risks to our own peril—but Cory is paving the way forward.”
"I think the name of the game is that you're better off in this case to react rather than be proactive, and wait to see what those policies are actually going to be," said Malek.
Jones' switch is sure to raise eyebrows, having competed for two decades in a sport where kicking your opponent is the name of the game and she admits her decision did come out of the blue.
Coalition-building is the name of the game.
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