back in the game
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4.5
- idiom
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de vuelta en la competición
- After the injury, she worked hard to recover and get back in the game.
- get back in the game
- put me back in the game
- coach back in the game
or what would you want your coach to say to help you get your head back in the game and to brush off the mistake that you just made?
- or what would you want your coach to say to help you get your head back in the game and to brush off the mistake that you just made?
- All right, so Ty, we just saw the House Beautiful and obviously you're you're kind of back in the game now.
- After I had lost significant weight and I got my head back in the game and I started to get healthy, I put on quite a bit of weight.
- And when he puts them back in the game, every single pigeon chooses the smart game, the one that's predictable and gets them more food.
- And that's when I decided to get back in the game that way and then went went back with triple canopy in the Baghdad and started the contracting game.
- I'm untouched and I kind of feel like just wait, just wait until I fully jump back in the game because it's happening and I'm here and I'm doing it.
Examples
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Looks like you're back in the game.
Fiction book (1995) -
Jeffries played a significant role in the third quarter against the Rockets when the Blazers got back in the game.
Blog text (23) -
You gotta get back in the game!
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Whatever that is, handle it and get your head back in the game.
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I did what I had to do to get you back in the game.
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We're back in the game.
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We're back in the game!
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Let's get back in the game.
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Nathan, get your head back in the game, man.
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After he was cleared, Lee was right back in the game after only missing six snaps on defense.
Blog text (22)
Synonyms
2
7.2
Able to work well again after a break
1
4.6
Get back to a previous good level of ability after a time of decline
Antonyms
How Active
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1.0
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4.5
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- Informal
103
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derived from combining 'back' (returned) with 'in the game' (participating/competitive): together they straightforwardly mean returned to participation or competitiveness. This composition follows regular English patterns and a common cross-linguistic metaphor (game = field/competition), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Back in the game comes from sports. Imagine a player who was off the field because of injury or rest and then returns onto it — they are literally back in the game, so the phrase means 'to take part again or to be competitive again'.