go fish

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   a card game for two players who try to assemble books of cards by asking the opponent for particular cards

   Broadercard game

Questions about go fish

What does go fish mean?

go fish means "a card game for two players who try to assemble books of cards by asking the opponent for particular cards".

Is go fish a common word?

go fish 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.