<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (February 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (February 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> To have "skin in the game" is to have incurred risk (monetary or otherwise) by being involved in achieving a goal . </P> <P> In the phrase, "skin" is a synecdoche for the person involved, and "game" is the metaphor for actions on the field of play under discussion . The aphorism is particularly common in business, finance, and gambling, and is also used in politics . </P>

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