Phrase: the long game (long-term strategy)

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Mon Sep 29 08:56:19 UTC 2014


I feel a contrast:  the long haul (arduous self-sacrifice), the long
run (justice will prevail), the long term (sacrifice now, profit
later), the long game (unfamiliar term:  cf. the great game?)

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