game plan

1. 1.

   (figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs

   “newscasters speculated about the President's game plan for an invasion”

   Broaderscheme
2. 2.

   (sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport

   Broaderscheme

   sport

Questions about game plan

What does game plan mean?

game plan means "(figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is game plan a common word?

game plan is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.