play frogger

American  

[play frawg-er] / ˈpleɪ ˈfrɔg ər /

idiom

played frogger, playing frogger

1. cross or make one's way on a busy thoroughfare while dodging traffic.

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Example Sentences

If you’re not willing to shell out $1,000 for an iPhone, Apple is hoping you’ll at least spare $5 a month to play Frogger.

From Slate

Before the trail, “we’d have to park on the side of the road and play Frogger across the street,” Wooldridge said.

From Washington Times

She said: "The tolling staff are a close-knit bunch of people. I will miss pulling on my hi-viz to play Frogger to cross the lanes to get into my allocated booth."

From BBC

They then trained an AI agent to match these narratives to the internal features of a second agent that had already learned to play Frogger.

From Economist