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be on the game
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To be engaged in prostitution. The British expressions ' to be / go on the game or 'to be in the game ' and its American equivalent ' to be in the life ' are used by prostitutes to refer to their way of life. Possibly derived from the 19 th century term wench of the game , a prostitute. See prostitution for synonyms.
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be like a chicken with its head cut off.
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