endgame

/ ˈɛndˌɡeɪm /

noun

1. Also called: ending. the closing stage of a game of chess, in which only a few pieces are left on the board

2. the closing stage of any of certain other games

Example Sentences

A World Cup campaign still on track - two more victories and they're there - but an endgame that saw Scotland wobbling across the winning line, like a marathon runner whose legs have gone.

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If the talks in Egypt fail, both endgames become possible.

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Kelly Sharkey, a North Charleston mother of two, was exasperated, questioning what lawmakers’ endgame is in pursuing SB 323 and whose lives they really wish to protect.

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“He said, ‘You did the right thing’ in protecting your children, explaining that when a substance abuser falls off the deep end, the endgame is sad and ugly.

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The only way to have come out on top here would have been to design an original endgame.

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