Meaning of long game | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A long-term strategy or endeavor.
2. The version of the game played until one team makes ten points, as opposed to the short game, which is played to five points.
3. The aspect of the game in which the strategy is to advance downfield by throwing the ball to a receiving player; the passing game.
4. The portion of the game, played with driver clubs, in which the ball is advanced down the fairway to the putting green.

Examples

“Near-synonym: long haul”

“We were surprised that he didn't object immediately, but then we realized that he's playing the long game.”

“I'm in it for the long game.”

“He had won the long game and success had turned to ashes in his mouth.”

“Mr. Lynch has always preferred the long game and he is banking on luring Democrats home to the Mayor's side in November.”

“The U.S. and its allies hope to use the leverage of sanctions to persuade Iran to back down[…] For each side, the long game remains shaping the diplomatic compromise to their own liking.”

“And when none of it works and I’m down the rabbit hole, it’s fine. This is a long game. I buy the stupid plant and give myself the gift of a break.”

““Munir really doesn’t have an opportunity to play a very long game in the current situation. He has to prove fairly quickly that he and the military are prepared and that they will defend the country,” he said”

“Chamber's Encyclopedia: “About 1785 the experiment of dividing the game into half was tried, and short whist was the result. The short game soon came into favour; and in 1864 the supremacy of short whist was acknowledged.””

“[T]he Seahawks held Newton to 119 passing yards, as the Panthers kept mainly to the ground and Seattle's secondary shut down the long game.”

““[E]verybody thinks when the wind blows it affects the long game the most, but it doesn’t,” Westwood said. “It tends to affect the putting most.””

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