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A long-term strategy or endeavor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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- Near-synonym: long haul
- We were surprised that he didn't object immediately, but then we realized that he's playing the long game.
- I'm in it for the long game.
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The version of the game played until one team makes ten points, as opposed to the short game, which is played to five points.
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- Chamber's Encyclopedia: “About 1785 the experiment of dividing the game into half was tried, and short whist was the result. The short game soon came into favour; and in 1864 the supremacy of short whist was acknowledged.”
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The aspect of the game in which the strategy is to advance downfield by throwing the ball to a receiving player; the passing game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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The portion of the game, played with driver clubs, in which the ball is advanced down the fairway to the putting green.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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