A preliminary or introductory game, or the warm-up activities before the main competition or match.
Compound of 'fore-' (before) and 'game.' Likely developed in sporting contexts to describe preparatory play before official matches.
In modern sports, we call it 'warm-up,' but 'foregame' reminds us that athletes have always done preliminary activities—the term shows how 'fore-' was the original go-to prefix for describing anything preparatory.
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