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pregame
pregame v.
Brit. 
/ˈpriːɡeɪm/
, /ˈpriːɡeɪm/U.S. /ˈpriˌɡeɪm/
North American colloquial intransitive. = predrink vb./ˈpriˌɡeɪm/ΚΠ
2004 University Wire (Nexis) 3 Mar. Penn students ‘pregame’ with friends..four hours before they plan on heading to clubs, off-campus parties, frat parties or a tiny little room in High Rise East.
2014 Insider's Guide to Colleges, 2015 (Yale Daily News) 441/1 One student even commented that the prohibition of alcohol leads to binge drinking behavior: ‘People drink stupidly because they need to pregame faster so they don't get caught’.
pregame
pregame adj.
Brit. /ˈpriːɡeɪm/
, /ˈpriːɡeɪm/U.S. /ˈpriˌɡeɪm/
/ˈpriˌɡeɪm/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [adjective] > pre- or post-game
after-game1904
pregame1913
post-game1934
1913 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star 22 Nov. 8/3 Minnesota was the pre-game favorite here today in the annual Illinois-Minnesota football struggle.
2000 S. Bellow Ravelstein 55 I have an impression somehow of the President..intermittently interrupting the pregame action on the basketball court.
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