game plan

noun

1. a carefully thought-out strategy or course of action, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs.

2. Sports.,  the overall strategy of a team for winning a specific game.

game plan

noun

1. a strategy

2. a plan of campaign, esp in politics

Word History and Origins

Origin of game plan¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

A new startup’s private equity-style game plan aims to make that a reality.

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And I would just say, “Hopefully the game plan is we do this show, ‘Back to the Beginning.’

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Singer Charlotte Church, meanwhile, said she didn't have a game plan.

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“So I think just getting back to the approach and the game plan that’s been working for the past couple months was big. Trying to just go right at them and attack in the zone.”

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The defensive game plan was poorly conceived and stubbornly inflexible.

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Related Words

• blueprint 
• scenario 
• scheme 
• strategy