Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

for the love of the game

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.44 in modern English

Syllables: for the love of the game
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Doing something for one's own enjoyment or other intrinsic desire to do so; not for other reasons such as money or other ulterior motives.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"He didn't do it for the money; he did it for the love of the game."
"Speaking to reporters in Chicago after his daily pickup game, the game's most accomplished player responded to a question about his potential comeback by simply saying: "I'm doing it for the love of the game. Nothing else. For the love the game.""
"Sam Seder: Can you imagine, you sign up to rip women away from their children, to harass and terrorize brown people, to go and throw smoke bombs in front of schools, and you're doing this work, and then all of the sudden you're like "Hey, wait a second. You're not even paying me for this?" David Dayen: You know, I think a lot of them do it for the love of the game, frankly. Sam Seder: That's true, that's probably true."

Usage

Colloquial

Questions

What does for the love of the game mean?: Doing something for one's own enjoyment or other intrinsic desire to do so; not for other reasons such as money or other ulterior motives.

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