Noun
A long-term strategy or endeavor.
(whist) The version of the game played until one team makes 10 points, as opposed to the short game, which is played to 5 points.
(American football) The aspect of the game in which the strategy is to advance downfield by throwing the ball to a receiving player; the passing game.
(golf) The portion of the game, played with driver clubs, in which the ball is advanced down the fairway to the putting green.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgIf you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game. Paul Harding
Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I hope I'll be around making art when I'm 80. Anish Kapoor
All those years of trying to shrink the Federal Government, well all government really, unsuccessfully was really just them playing the long game. Source: Internet
China's long game on global influence is particularly apparent in Africa, where 10 years ago the continent's debt to the world's number two economy was minimal. Source: Internet
Making chicken wings in the oven at home is a long game but mostly hands-off. Source: Internet
He may be a bad guy from yesteryear but his propensity for playing the long game, using others as his pawns and knights, makes him extremely dangerous. Source: Internet