the name of the game
noun phrase
informal
: the basic goal or purpose of an activity
When all is said and done, in business, profit is the name of the game.
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Honesty was the name of the game on Grey’s Anatomy!
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Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Vision also became the name of the game, since looking in the direction of the slide helped to bring our hands into the right steering angle more naturally.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
This means chicken tenders are the name of the game in the Lone Star state.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025
Disruption was indeed the name of the game on Wall Street on Monday; the S&P 500 tumbled 2.7 percent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.08 percent and the Nasdaq Composite saw a steep, 4-percent decline.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2025
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Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Vision also became the name of the game, since looking in the direction of the slide helped to bring our hands into the right steering angle more naturally.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
This means chicken tenders are the name of the game in the Lone Star state.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025
Disruption was indeed the name of the game on Wall Street on Monday; the S&P 500 tumbled 2.7 percent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.08 percent and the Nasdaq Composite saw a steep, 4-percent decline.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2025
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“The name of the game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20name%20of%20the%20game. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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