Verb
(slang) To play games to such an excessive degree that one is unwilling to play more.
(idiomatic) To run through scenarios to determine what will happen given certain decisions; to play out possibilities; to examine several ideas to come up with their likeliest end results.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThere's a game out there, and the stakes are high. And the guy who runs it figures the averages all day long and all night long. Once in a while he lets you steal a pot. But if you stay in the game long enough, you've got to lose. And once you've lost there's no way back, no way at all. Dalton Trumbo
You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. ... There are so many people who speak badly about religions or other religions, who make fun of them, who make a game out of the religions of others. They are provocateurs. Pope Francis
There's a game out there, and the stakes are high. Dalton Trumbo
We need to make a game out of earning money. There is so much good we can do with money. Without it, we are bound and shackled and our choices become limited. Bob Proctor
What cracks me up is people who think I don't take baseball seriously. It's the most important thing in my life. They don't know how hard it is for me to get a bad game out of my mind. I still can't, but I'm getting better. Brady Anderson
The hardest thing about skateboarding is consistency: The slightest flick of your foot or gust of wind can send your board flying, so it's really anybody's game out there. Shaun White