foregame

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noun

An initial game plan.

Opposite
aftergame
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Meanings

nounforegame (plural foregames)

plural foregames

  1. An initial game plan.

    I pray God hasten considerable supplies into Ireland, for if Ormond play not his aftergame better than he has his foregame for the good of the poor protestants there, he may live to repent it, and I hope will; …

    1905, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Samuel Pepys, Augustus Arthur Perceval Egmont (Earl), Report on the manuscripts of the Earl of Egmont: Volume 1

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
aftergame

Origin

From fore- + game.

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Cite this entry
APA

foregame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregame

MLA

“foregame.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregame. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foregame,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregame.

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