Idiom
game face
Meaning
The expression of one who is prepared for or is facing a lot of difficult and/or undesirable work, especially when it is imminent.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Put on your game face before the big exam starts.”
“She took a deep breath and put on her game face before entering the difficult meeting with her boss.”
“Facing a mountain of overdue paperwork and a looming deadline, he steeled his nerves and put on his game face to finish the task.”
Examples
simple
“Put on your game face before the big exam starts.”
contextual
“She took a deep breath and put on her game face before entering the difficult meeting with her boss.”
complex
“Facing a mountain of overdue paperwork and a looming deadline, he steeled his nerves and put on his game face to finish the task.”
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