"take the game to" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "takes the game to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking the game to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took the game to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken the game to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "take<,,took,taken> the game to"
      },
      "expansion": "take the game to (third-person singular simple present takes the game to, present participle taking the game to, simple past took the game to, past participle taken the game to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "langcode": "en",
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          "orig": "en:Sports",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC:",
          "text": "The Frenchman had talked in the build-up to the game about how focused his side were and they looked it, taking the game to their Championship opponents from the first whistle with a pace and panache Leeds simply could not live with.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 February 6, Graham Bean, “Scotland beat England at Twickenham for the first time in 38 years”, in The Scotsman:",
          "text": "The visitors were worthy winners, taking the game to the highly fancied hosts from the first minute.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use attacking tactics against."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_the_game_to-en-verb-7Rd1XZr6",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, idiomatic) To use attacking tactics against."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "word": "take the game to"
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    {
      "form": "takes the game to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking the game to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took the game to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken the game to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English terms with quotations",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 February 6, Graham Bean, “Scotland beat England at Twickenham for the first time in 38 years”, in The Scotsman:",
          "text": "The visitors were worthy winners, taking the game to the highly fancied hosts from the first minute.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use attacking tactics against."
      ],
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        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, idiomatic) To use attacking tactics against."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
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