单词 | the game is up |
释义 | the game is upphrase See full dictionary entry for gameIf you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed. Some thought they would hold out until Sunday. The realists knew that the game wasalready up. the game is up in British Englishthere is no longer a chance of success the game is up in American English all chances for success are gone the game is upsaid to mean that someone can no longer continue to do something wrong or illegal because people have found out what they are doing He narrowed his eyes as the blue lights of the police car filled the cab. Sensingthe game was up, he pulled over. Examples of 'the game is up' in a sentence |
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