the only game in town

noun phrase

: the only available, desirable, or valuable thing

For serious home cooks, this stove is the only game in town.

Our company is no longer the only game in town. We now have serious competition.

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But football isn’t the only game in town these days. —

Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025 With the reemergence of Turkey and Qatar as regional power brokers, the deal-making diplomacy of the hotel guys is now the only game in town. —

Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2025 That makes the Intuit Dome, quite literally, the only game in town for legal alcohol sales after 2 a.m. PREVIOUSLY on August 21: Jerry Buss would be jealous. —

Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024 Under no circumstances should BGE be the only game in town and under no circumstances should government play a role in eliminating energy competition and choice for Maryland consumers. —

Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the only game in town

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