patience game
noun
1A game of patience.
2 Figurative an activity, procedure, etc., which requires one to wait patiently; a waiting game.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in ‘Cavendish’ (1831–1899), writer on card games (real name Henry Jones).
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