The phrase ‘the game is afoot’ means ‘the process is underway’; for example, ‘The teams are on the pitch – the whistle blows – the game is afoot.’
The phrase ‘the game is afoot’ means ‘the process is underway’; for example, ‘The teams are on the pitch – the whistle blows – the game is afoot.’
The first use of ‘the game is afoot’ is found in Shakespeare’s King Henry IV Part I, 1597:
“Before the game is afoot, thou still let’st slip.”
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