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name_of_the_game

name of the game

English

Noun

name of the game (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) The essential element (needed to reach the principal goal or objective); the overall purpose.
    In the computer business, speed is the name of the game.
  2. Used other than as an idiom: see name, of, the, game.

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