the game is up

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   said to sb who has done sth wrong, when they are caught and the crime or trick has been discovered

   Okay, boys, the game's up.

   - Oh yeah? Such as? - The game's up, Scarlet.

In the movies · 3

• - Oh yeah? Such as? - The game's up, Scarlet.Clue1985
• Root has to keep a low profile. Anyone sees him, the game's up.The Prestige2006
• Okay, boys, the game's up.Take the Money and Run1969
• 'The game was up. They had me.'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998
• The name of the game is keep up, not catch up, nigger.Django Unchained2012
• What, you have a big game coming up?The Game Plan2007
• Gamers, listen up, this is Revenjamin Buttons here.Free Guy2021
• Come on, dummy. You won the game. Pick up your trophy.Slap Shot1977

Learn it in full scenes

• Clue1985
  • Mrs. Peacock Breaks the Ice
  • Guests Arrive at the Mansion
  • Wadsworth Reveals the Blackmail
• Free Guy2021
  • Guy's Morning in Free City
  • Guy Orders a Cappuccino
  • Blue Shirt Guy Breaks the Rules

From the same entry

• be a game
• be on the game
• be out of the game
• be still in the game
• game on
• give the game away
• the only game in town
• play the game
• play game
• play games
• two can play at that game
• what's game