name of the game
INFORMAL. the way things are; the way things can be expected to be.
The name of the game is money, money, money. I can't help it. That's the name of the game.
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INFORMAL The main purpose or most important aspect of a situation:
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Designs may then be further refined to optimize how much product can fit on a pallet, flat pack being the name of the game.
For the thrifty, there are smaller lanes branching off, where no goods carry price tags and bargaining is the name of the game.
If familiarity breeds contempt, and change is the name of the game, then how to turn the anti-incumbency in its face?