game over

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

Equivalents

7 more languages

العربيةاِنْتَهَت اللُّعْبَة

Češtinakonec hry

Italianogioco terminato

日本語ゲームオーバー詰んだ

한국어게임 오버

Portuguêsfim de jogo

Русскийигра́ зако́нчена

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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