game over

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A message signaling that the game has ended, usually because the player failed (for…

   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.
2. 2

   The end of some ongoing situation due to either failure or success, typically failure.

   • If your wife finds out about us, it's game over!
   • That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?
   • Once we started attacking that network from the inside, it was pretty much game over.
3. 3

   death.

   • When you have cancer, you pretty much have two options: chemotherapy, or game over.
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   1. 4

      An appearance of a game over message.

      • When you die too many times in this game, you get a game over.
   2. 5

      To receive a 'game over' message.

   3. 6

      To deliver to someone a 'game over' message.

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