in the game

prepositional phrase

Competing in a game, with a chance of winning.

“He's seriously doing badly in school right now. He needs to get back in the game, or he's gonna drop out.”

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in the runningin the hunt
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. idiomatichobbiesCompeting in a game, with a chance of winning.

    Foster had been left unsighted by Scott Dann's positioning at his post, but the goalkeeper was about to prove his worth to Birmingham by keeping them in the game with a series of stunning saves as West Ham produced waves after wave of attack in their bid to find a crucial second goal.

    2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC

    Synonyms: in the running, in the hunt

  2. idiomaticFocused; engaged; serious.

    He's seriously doing badly in school right now. He needs to get back in the game, or he's gonna drop out.

    1 more example

    This wouldn't wipe the slate, but would show he was still in the game.

    2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 246
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: in the game.

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseCompeting in a game, with a chance of winning.

Similar
in the runningin the hunt

Translations

Indonesian dalam permainan
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Cite this entry
APA

in the game. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20game

MLA

“in the game.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20game. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in the game,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20game.

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