Expedient and Gambit

Expedient

Expedient noun - A temporary replacement.

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

Nearby Words: expediency, expedience

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

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

obvious	obvious expedient	obvious gambit
simple	simple expedient	simple gambit

Batman Gambit: Director Piggot pulls one on Crawler in Prey 14.7 — fooling him into remaining in the path of the Bakuda-bomb bombardment that would kill him by the simple expedient of telling him it was coming.

Source: Literature / Worm

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