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expectations game

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Efforts to influence opinion through diminishing expectations of one's performance or creating elevated expectations for an opponent

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • "But at this point his team has fumbled the expectations game to the point where the governor will need to perform at a level well above anything we’ve seen from him to date if he wants to pull off the "W"."http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/28/the-debate-expectations-game.html

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