game is up meaning
[American slang]
The secret or plan won't work; we are caught or discovered. The game is up; the teacher knows who took her keys. The jig's up; the principal knows the boys have been smoking in the basement.
Compare: FAT IS IN THE FIRE.
The secret or plan won't work; we are caught or discovered. The game is up; the teacher knows who took her keys. The jig's up; the principal knows the boys have been smoking in the basement.
Compare: FAT IS IN THE FIRE.
- the game is up: The scheme has fai ...
- the game is up.: [American slang]Fi ...
- be game: [American slang]to ...
Examples
More: Next- the gruesome german game is up.
- the game is up.
- encroach, presume, and the game is up
- hey, guess what, girlfriend ? your game is up
- he knows the game is up
