name of the game

name of the game
the name of the game
Inf. the way things are; the way things can be expected to be. •

The name of the game is money, money, money.

I can't help it. That's the name of the game.

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{n.}, {informal} The crux of the matter; that which actually occurs under the disguise of something else. * /Getting medium income families to support the rest of society - that's the name of the game!/

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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