Elaborate
Work out
Work out verb - Work out in detail.
Both terms in one sentence
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Bagan has set up an elaborate Xanatos Gambit that would work out in full to both secure more power for himself as well as kill Harmony.
Source: Spanner in the Works -
So then he went to some really elaborate measures to bring in for Picard a blood transfusion, but that didn't work out so well (largely because he kept blowing it off until after Picard had left), so he finally settled on trying to kill everyone on Earth.
Source: Film / Star Trek: Nemesis
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