a numbers game
a situation in which the most important factor is how many of a particular thing there are, especially when you disapprove of this:
To me, business is more than just a numbers game.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cheating & tricking
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- blag
- fleece
- gag
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- lead sb a (merry) dance idiom
- poison
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- send/give out (all) the wrong signals idiom
- shaft
- wool
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