The game is called “Rebus" You 'draw' the word or phrase with ordinary characters and the next person solves it. For example:

stand
I

= "I understand"



EASY

= "The big Easy"

I’ll start us off:

G
N
I
K
C
A
B

backward


HAhandND

backward


HAhandND

Close, it was "Backing up"



Hand in hand



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