Course and Gambit

Course

Course noun - A way of acting or proceeding.

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Gambit and course are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gambit" instead a noun "Course".

Nearby Words: coursed, coursing, courser, courseware

Gambit noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Course and gambit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Course" instead a noun "Gambit".

good	good course	good gambit
long	long course	long gambit
elaborate	elaborate course	elaborate gambit
similar	similar course	similar gambit
Other adjectives: usual, original, obvious, simple, small, entire, real, huge, dangerous, new, major, final, next, alternate, last, literal, giant.

He fails, of course, by the very merit of this gambit.

Source: Scheherezade Gambit
Gambit Pileup: Such gambits are pulled by Ben, Ian, and even the FBI ("Someone's gotta go to prison, Ben.") in the course of the first film.

Source: Film / National Treasure
Of course, the player doesn't learn it is an Uriah Gambit until after s/he succeeds.

Source: Uriah Gambit aka: The Uriah Gambit

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