| 释义 |
the game is upThe deception or crime is revealed or foiled: when the police found the body in his garden the game was up...- If - I have to use that word again, since the messages remain mixed - this is indeed what happens, it really will be an unanswerable demonstration that the game is up for worthwhile reform under Labour.
- The UK Defence Secretary said: ‘They are recognising that the game is up for him and his close supporters.’
- It is an extremely serious matter and the time has come for those who produced those photographs to acknowledge the game is up.
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