game changer
noun1
A visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation.
2
Figuratively, Literally An innovative idea, product, event or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game.
- Improved drug testing has been a game changer for many sports.
- Kane’s magnificent pass from deep to Bellingham that led to the penalty was the game changer, resulting in a penalty which the captain scored, the Republic also being reduced to 10 men with Scales’ red card.2024 November 17, Phil McNulty, “England 5-0 Republic of Ireland”, in BBC Sport:
- Related terms
- game-changing, change the game, landmark, milestone, trailblazer, watershed