Meaning of game over | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A message signaling that the game has ended, usually because the player failed (for example by losing all of their lives) but sometimes following successful completion of the game.
2. The end of some ongoing situation due to either failure or success, typically failure.
   broadly
3. death.
   broadly

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Examples

“Before I could figure out what the hell was the object of the game, I hear the thing go boom-boom, and the screen lights up with a sign: game over.”

“If your wife finds out about us, it's game over!”

“That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?”

“Once we started attacking that network from the inside, it was pretty much game over.”

“"Game over," Waddicor warns. "Look at the fuel gauge. Someone's forgotten to fill up." The heavily laden train has come from Freightliner's Maritime Terminal in Southampton's western docks. Waddicor reckons there might not be enough diesel in the tank to complete the journey.”

“When you have cancer, you pretty much have two options: chemotherapy, or game over.”

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