survival mode

noun

The situation of being focused purely on surviving, without time for recreation etc.

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Meanings

nounsurvival mode (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe situation of being focused purely on surviving, without time for recreation etc.

    “Frank-- Frank, we are no longer in relaxing mode. We are now in survival mode.” “Pl- Will you stop being so dramatic? Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Where's the rum ham?”

    2011 September 22, Dave Chernin & John Chernin, “The Gang Goes to the Jersey Shore” (8:32 from the start), in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 7, episode 2, spoken by Mac (Rob McElhenney)
  2. uncountablevideo gamesA gameplay mode in which the player attempts to survive as long as possible in a single session presenting increasingly difficult enemy waves or challenges.
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APA

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