“game of”

The following 3 entries include the term game of.

game of chance

noun phrase

: a game (such as a dice game) in which chance rather than skill determines the outcome

game of skill

: a game (as chess) in which skill rather than chance determines the outcome

play (a game of) cat and mouse

idiom

: to engage in behavior that is like the way a cat chases a mouse or plays with a mouse before killing it used especially to describe behavior in which someone says or does different things to deceive or control other people, to avoid being caught, etc.


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