long game
English
Noun
long game (plural long games)
- (idiomatic) A long-term strategy or endeavor.
- 1917, H. Rider Haggard, Finished, ch. 20:
- He had won the long game and success had turned to ashes in his mouth.
- 1993 July 19, Todd S. Purdum, "As Campaign Warms, Dinkins Manager Is Cool, Calm and Directed," New York Times (retrieved 11 July 2014):
- Mr. Lynch has always preferred the long game and he is banking on luring Democrats home to the Mayor's side in November.
- 2010 Aug. 21, Tony Karon, "Fears May Be Overblown as Iran Reactor Comes Online," Time (retrieved 11 July 2014):
- 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.
- 1917, H. Rider Haggard, Finished, ch. 20:
- (American football) The aspect of the game in which the strategy is to advance downfield by throwing the ball to a receiving player; the passing game.
- 2013 Sept. 8, "What we saw: Seahawks 12, at Panthers 7," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (retrieved 11 July 2014):
- [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.
- 2013 Sept. 8, "What we saw: Seahawks 12, at Panthers 7," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (retrieved 11 July 2014):
- (golf) The portion of the game, played with driver clubs, in which the ball is advanced down the fairway to the putting green.
- 2010 July 18, Christopher Clarey, "Another Second for Golf’s Latest Near-Miss Man," New York Times (retrieved 11 July 2014):
- “[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.”
- 2010 July 18, Christopher Clarey, "Another Second for Golf’s Latest Near-Miss Man," New York Times (retrieved 11 July 2014):
Usage notes
- One who follows a long-term strategy is said to "play the long game".
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