game plan

game plan

A carefully considered strategy. My game plan to secure employment in my field includes gaining as much hands-on experience as I can and obtaining a few more certifications before the end of the year.
See also: game, plan
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a game plan

COMMON Someone's game plan is the things that they intend to do in order to achieve a particular aim. I simply stuck to my game plan. I had always wanted to be a millionaire from a very early age. If I'm honest, I walked into this situation without a clear game plan. Note: In American football, a game plan is a strategy which the players and coach develop before a match.
See also: game, plan
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

game plan

n. a plan of action; a scheme. (From sports.) The game plan for the election was beginning to shape up.
See also: game, plan
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a game plan
  • right to work
  • weigh one's words, to
  • see the elephant
  • hands-on
  • calculated risk
  • feel (one's) way
  • feel one's way
  • feel your way
  • come for
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'Doubtless we will have another game plan to cope with that occasion.
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The Silencer shared their team's game plan and revealed that tried to avoid Nguyen's attempts to take the match to the ground.
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That should at least give them a little bit of confidence for the return game at Parkhead but they have to come up with a better game plan than the one they took to the field with here.
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The game plan will be to sit deep and hope to only lose by two or three goals.
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"Game Plan for a Novel" follows an author as she starts on her novel and follows her story's evolution as well as her daily life.
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Wales legend Barry John has warned that Mike Ruddock's men have six days to perfect their game plan - or suffer a bashing from the Boks.
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