game plan

Noun

Meaning

(sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport

(figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

method approach policy plan scheme scenario recipe schema blueprint strategy plan of action course of action master plan road map tactics

Hypernyms

scheme strategy

Examples

There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another. Derek Jacobi

Every fighter has to go in there with a game plan. Rau'Shee Warren

Leo's biggest surprise: One look from Jason, and all three of them knew the game plan. When had that happened, that they could read each other so well? Rick Riordan

They had no game plan for losing.... Because when you can't win a game, you need to run the clock, don't let it stop, don't throw passes incomplete... get the game over with, get on the bus and go home. Barry Switzer

In NFL preseason, the coaches don't use 10% of the playbook. They don't game plan. They do nothing. They don't give anything away for the regular season. They try to get everybody safely through it without anybody getting hurt. Rush Limbaugh

I've never worried about what audiences would accept or had a game plan regarding the career. I never had an idea of how I should look to my fans or anybody else. Antonio Banderas

Close letter words and terms

game park game piece game pieces game plans game played at an opponent's court game played at an opponent's field