game

(one's) game

One's agenda, plan, or ulterior motive. I can't figure out why Janet is suddenly volunteering for the position she said she would never do. What's her game? Ah, so that's their game: buy up all the competition and then raise prices however high they want.
See also: game

game

1. adjective Interested in something. I'm busy right now, but Abby might be game to go to the mall with you.
2. noun, slang Exceptional skill at a particular activity, usually a sport. Dude's got game. I just saw him dribble out of a triple team.
3. noun, slang The ability to successfully flirt with and seduce prospective sexual partners. That scrawny guy must have some serious game if he's taking that hot chick home with him!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

game

mod. willing to do something. Is anybody game for some pizza?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) game as Ned Kelly
  • (one's) game
  • (some number of) games in hand
  • a (whole) new ballgame
  • a confidence game
  • a different/new ball game
  • a game at which two can play
  • a game in hand
  • a game of musical chairs
  • a game plan
  • a game that two can play
  • a losing game
  • a mug's game
  • a numbers game
  • a shell game
  • a totally different ballgame
  • a waiting game
  • a whole new ball game
  • a zero-sum game
  • a/the numbers game
  • ahead of the game
  • and a half
  • anyone's game
  • as game as Ned Kelly
  • at (one's) own game
  • at the top of (one's) game
  • at the top of game
  • at this stage
  • at this stage (of the game)
  • away game
  • back in the game
  • badger game
  • be (not) all fun and games
  • be a game of two halves
  • be a mug's game
  • be ahead of the game
  • be fair game
  • be game
  • be new to the game
  • be not playing the game
  • be on (one's) game
  • be on game
  • be on the game
  • be still in the game
  • beat (one) at (one's) own game
  • beat somebody at their own game
  • beat someone at his or her own game
  • beat someone at their own game
  • blame game
  • blow this/that for a game of soldiers
  • blow/sod this/that for a game of soldiers
  • bring (one's) A-game
  • cat and mouse, game of/to play
  • cat-and-mouse game
  • child's play
  • complete game
  • confidence game
  • easy game
  • end game
  • end of the ball game
  • endgame
  • fair game
  • football's a game of two halves
  • fuck this/that for a game of soldiers
  • fun and games
  • game
  • game face
  • game is not worth the candle, the
  • game is up
  • game is up, the
  • game on
  • game out
  • game over
  • game plan
  • game that two can play
  • game that two can play, that's a
  • game time
  • game, set, (and) match
  • give the game away
  • go on the game
  • has got game
  • have fun and games
  • have game
  • have skin in the game
  • have/put skin in the game
  • hide and seek
  • home game
  • in the game
  • it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye
  • long game
  • lookers-on see most of the game
  • losing battle, a
  • make game of (someone or something)
  • mug's game
  • name of the game
  • name of the game, the
  • new ball game
  • new to the game
  • not play that game
  • numbers game
  • off (one's) game
  • off game
  • off your game
  • on the game
  • onlookers see most of the game
  • only game in town, the
  • penny-ante game, a
  • play (one) at (one's) own game
  • play (someone's) game
  • play a losing game
  • play a waiting game
  • play cat and mouse
  • play games
  • play games (with one)
  • play somebody's game
  • play someone at their own game
  • play someone's game
  • play the game
  • play the game, to
  • play the percentage game
  • play the waiting game
  • pregame
  • raise (one's) game
  • run game on (someone)
  • salt (one's) game
  • self-preservation is the name of the game
  • shell game
  • skin game
  • skin in the game
  • step up (one's) game
  • take the game to
  • talk a good game
  • that's a game that two can play
  • the end of the ball game
  • the game is not worth the candle
  • The game is not worth the candle.
  • the game is up
  • the name of the game
  • the only game in town
  • the rules of the game
  • throw a game
  • throw salt on (one's) game
  • throw salt on someone’s game
  • two can play (at) that game
  • two can play (at) this game
  • two can play at that game
  • Two can play this game
  • waiting game
  • What is (someone's) game?
  • what's somebody's/your game?
  • what's your game?
  • whole new ball game/ball of wax, a
  • your/somebody's game
  • zero-sum game
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