Sekirov Dictionary

game over

UK /ˌɡeɪm ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)/US /ˌɡeɪm ˈoʊ.vɚ/

phrase 3
verb 2
noun 1
forms 9

phrase3

•
A message signaling that the game has ended, usually because the player failed (for example by losing all of their lives) but sometimes following successful completion of the game.
- Before I could figure out what the hell was the object of the game, I hear the thing go boom-boom, and the screen lights up with a sign: game over. — 1984
•
The end of some ongoing situation, especially in failure.
- If your wife finds out about us, it's game over!
•
Death.
- When you have cancer, you pretty much have two options: chemotherapy, or game over.

verb2

(rare) To receive a 'game over' message.
(rare) To deliver to someone a 'game over' message.

noun1

•
An appearance of a game over message.
- When you die too many times in this game, you get a game over.

forms

game overed · game-overed · gamed over · game overing · game-overing · gaming over · game overs · game-overs · games over

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