according to Hoyle »
In strict accordance with the rules, especially of card games; in the proper or expected manner.
|
ahead of the game »
Having completed a task before it is due; ready, prepared, or anticipating.
|
bat for both sides »
To be a batter for both teams in an amateur baseball game.
|
battle cry »
By extension, a strong motto or purpose statement, especially in regards to winning a goal in sports, games or work.
|
beat up »
To get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game.
|
blow someone out of the water »
To trounce; to defeat someone thoroughly, at a game or in battle.
|
blow the whistle »
To make a piercing sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game.
|
bottom of the ninth »
In baseball, the second part of the ninth and final inning. The end of the game.
|
call off the dogs »
During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent.
|
cat and mouse game »
Two individuals and/or groups repeatedly keeping check on each other in a suspicious or self-protective way, often with the goal of one or both parties trying to gain a malicious advantage over the other.
|
cat's cradle »
A children's string game.
|
caucus race »
A political competition; the game of campaigning and one-upmanship to get votes and be elected.
|
cue up »
The act of taking aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etc.
|
double Dutch »
A game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers.
|
double Dutch »
A language game akin to pig Latin.
|
dummy out »
From a video game in the process of localizing that game from a foreign country.
|
edge out »
To win in a contest or a game by a narrow margin of victory.
|
faceplant »
Death or defeat in popular multiplayer online games.
|
fair game »
A game that is fair, that does not involve cheating etc.
|
fair game »
Actions permissible by the rules.
|
fair game »
An goal or object that may legitimately be sought.
|
game face »
The expression of one who is prepared for or is facing a lot of difficult and/or undesirable work, especially when it is imminent.
|
game plan »
Any strategy devised to reach a given objective.
|
hardball »
In baseball, a type of ball and baseball game, as opposed to softball.
|
heads or tails »
A game to bet upon a which side of a coin lays face up after it is thrown.
|
hide and seek »
children's game
|
hot potato »
A child's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object of avoiding being left holding the item when time expires.
|
jump »
To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
|
jump rope »
A single jump in this game or activity, counted as a measure of achievement.
|
jump rope »
The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants. Often used for athletic training and among schoolchildren. Variations involve speed, chants, varied rope and jumper movement patterns, multiple jumpers and/or multiple ropes.
|
kick off »
To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
|
knock about »
An informal game, usually football.
|
level up »
To progress to the next level of player character stats and abilities. Often used in role-playing games when the character has aquired enough experience points.
|
life's not all skittles and beer »
Skittles and Beer refers to the carefree, indulgent bar life; skittles being a British pub game. Thus, life's not all skittles and beer means that not everything is about pleasure.
|
lucky dip »
A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.
|
make game of »
To ridicule; to jest.
|
mug's game »
A foolish, profitless, or hopeless undertaking.
|
nightcap »
The second game of a doubleheader.
|
noughts and crosses »
pen and paper game
|
off one's game »
C. 1910, Ralph Henry Barbour, "The Dub" in The New Boy at Hilltop and Other Stories.
|
off one's game »
Performing in any activity below one's usual level; behaving in an irregular, inept, or awkward manner; feeling unwell.
|
off one's game »
Playing or competing below one's usual level of performance.
|
old maid »
card game
|
on the clock »
In the official time expired in a game or other sporting event.
|
on the clock »
In the official time remaining in a game or other sporting event.
|
on the game »
Working as a prostitute.
|
pickle »
A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown.
|
pig out »
They watched the game and pigged out on chips and pizza.
|
play ball »
An expression used at the beginning of a game of baseball.
|
play for love »
To play a game of cards without stakes.
|
play games »
To deceive, to lie about one's intentions.
|
poacher turned gamekeeper »
A person who now works against the same people they once supported.
|
put away »
To take a large lead in a game.
|
run for the roses »
A college football game or series of games played with the ultimate goal of qualifying for the championship Rose Bowl game.
|
run out the clock »
To preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession, to waste time.
|
shoot 'em up »
A short story, novel, television show, film, computer game, or other narrative which depicts considerable gunplay.
|
skin in the game »
A stake; something at risk.
|
skip rope »
To jump over a rope, both of whose ends are held by the jumper or by two others, while the rope is moved under the jumper's feet in a continual rhythm; to play the game of jump rope or exercise by jumping rope.
|
stage of the game »
A point in the progress of an ongoing dispute or process.
|
sword and sorcery »
Of or pertaining to a genre of narratives—including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games—which combines wizardry and other fantastical supernatural elements with violent combat using medieval weaponry..
|
the name of the game »
The overall purpose; the principal goal, or objective.
|
there's no I in team »
A team game is focused on the team, not on the individual.
|
two can play that game »
The tactics and/or strategies of an enemy can be used against him.
|
| BTW, Why won't you become an editor? |
[