to change the game
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- idiom
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cambiar las reglas del juego
- The new app is designed to change the game for how we manage our finances.
- change the game," says
- really change the game
- change the game a bit
That's the new insight that changes the game of struggle into harmony.
- That's the new insight that changes the game of struggle into harmony.
- Are you changing the game for podcasters here?
- Just one smile, one kiss, one good date can change the game for you.
- OK, see, this is how you change the game.
- This, I've been working on this for a year and it's changing the game.
- Digital consumption of content has actually completely changed the game.
- So when you know that it kind of just changes the game a little bit like hard isn't bad, hard is necessary.
- Neptunes, again, the sound that they had changed the game.
- So capitalism rose from the ashes, as it were, and this changed the game for Stalin and communism.
- But the breakthrough, the reason why he completely changed the game was because he used evolution.
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But if we win, on our budget, with this team... we'll have changed the game.
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So how is data changing the game for climate science?
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I think this is something that most high performers practice, and it's something that changed the game for me when I started doing it.
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Just believing you can do it, Jack, could change the game.
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Now this changes the game, you know, Instagram, YouTube, you name it.
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Obama's in a much better economic position now, and I think that changes the game.
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WolframAlpha gives them the reach they both need to change the game.
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Added Nelson, "Michelle Obama has changed the game for women of color."
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But I think long term, you know, these cars are so iconic, they've changed the game completely.
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Two citywide ballot measures up for election this November could change the game.
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Synonyms
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Cause a big change that makes things much better
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To make a big lasting change to what happens next
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Make the situation different so some people have a better chance to win
To make a clear change in a situation or result
Antonyms
How Impactful
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- Jargon
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines the transparent verb 'change' (to alter) with 'game', so the basic idea of altering how something is played or organized can be inferred from the parts. However, 'game' is used metaphorically to mean a field of activity or set of rules, which may not be fully predictable to an average B1 learner without prior exposure, making the expression only partially compositional.
Etymology
The idiom change the game comes from sports: imagine a new rule or a single play that can change the whole game, so everyone must act in a new way. So, when something 'changes the game' it means 'to make a big difference' to how things happen.