pregame
v.— «Ms. Mayer was meeting with Mr. Kraus and Mr. Pichai to help them prepare for a meeting the next day with Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Brin and Mr. Page to discuss how the company could leverage information-sharing among Google’s many services. “It’s important you pregame Eric or it will be a disaster,” Mr. Pichai tells Ms. Mayer about the pending meeting, asking her to seek Mr. Schmidt’s support on their behalf.» —“Putting a Bolder Face on Google” by Laura M. Holson in Mountain View, Calif. New York Times Feb. 28, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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