ground game

British  

noun

1. game animals, such as hares or deer, found on the earth's surface: distinguished from game birds

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Example Sentences

The left-wing organization, which has about 5,000 members, is known for running strong ground game campaigns that include canvassing, door-knocking and phone banking.

From Los Angeles Times

“There was no process here, no ground game, which takes months and months of preparation,” said Aaron David Miller, a Middle East expert who has advised several presidents.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sam Darnold led the league in turnovers and has an injury, so Seattle will hope to win this with their improving ground game, which averaged 140 yards a game over the last eight weeks, against San Francisco's ailing rush defence heading in the opposite direction.

From BBC

When it comes to organisation, senior Scottish Labour figures claim that in Kate Watson, the party general secretary who was Sarwar's chief of staff, they have someone who knows everything worth knowing about the "ground game" of elections.

From BBC

Up front, Harry Williams and Guido Petti arrived in the summer to add grunt and snarl to a pack that already contains Fin Baxter, Chandler Cunningham-South, Alex Dombrandt and Jack Kenningham as well as Will Evans' ground game.

From BBC