game out
game out
1. To examine or investigate various possible scenarios, strategies, possibilities, etc., as to how something could be accomplished or may pan out. A noun or pronoun can be used between "game" and "out." We gamed the attack out from every conceivable angle. Analysts are gaming out the fallout from the senator's actions.
2. To no longer have a desire to play video games, especially as a result of playing for an excessive amount of time. Usually used in passive constructions. We played Mario Kart and Call of Duty until we were gamed out, then we stayed up watching Schwarzenegger films. Best sleepover ever. A: "I've just been feeling kind of gamed out recently." B: "Why don't you go read a book or go to the gym instead?"
See also: game, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- gaming
- (Someone or something) called, they want their (something) back!
- be (one's) man/woman
- tomorrow
- a swan song
- a bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel
- a rotten apple spoils the (whole) bunch
- one rotten apple spoils the (whole) bunch
- one rotten apple spoils the (whole) bushel
- rotten apple spoils the barrel