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away game

away game

9 2.7
A sports match played at the other team's stadium
  • noun
translation icon : partido fuera
  • We should go when they get back from these away games.
  • home and away games
  • travel to away games
  • fans traveling to away games

But if you're Stanford, all your away games are going to be on the on the East Coast.

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Examples

  • Stanford faces two away games against undefeated UCLA and always-tough USC in the next week.

    Blog text (6)

  • Buffalo has dropped eight straight away games, a string that dates to last season's opener at Kansas City.

    Blog text (21)

  • There have been more fans paying $10 and going to away games than on this past Friday.

    Blog text (22)

  • We practice every day and take buses with the guys to the away games.

    Lucas (1986)

  • For several teams, visitor ticket sales to this away game sold more than even relatively close games.

    Academic text (2005)

  • However, they have to travel 2 or 3 time zones to every away game.

    Blog text (14)

  • What is the biggest benefit for a team in organizing fan travel to away games?

    Blog text (5)

  • Tickets for away games are sold on consignment for the home team.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Testosterone levels of players were found to be significantly higher before a home game than before an away game.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The team has a busy schedule this season, playing five away games in just one month.

Synonyms

away
vsaway game
48 1.0

Played at the other team's place and not at home

is the same idea but used as an adjective not a noun phrase
road game
vsaway game
  • US
9 3.5

A sports game played at the opponent's place, not at home

is the same idea but uses a different common phrasing

Antonyms

home game
41 2.3

A sports match played at a team's own stadium or field

Surface Forms

away game singular
away games plural

Morphology

away + game

The meaning 'a sports match played at the opponent's venue' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'away' (not at home / at the opponent's venue) with 'game' (a sports contest). This is a standard, compositional sports term found across languages and registers, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should understand it.

Etymology

Away game creates a clear picture: a team goes away from its home stadium to play a game at another team's stadium. Because the team is out of its home and in a strange place, the phrase now means 'a match played at the opponent's place'.