Gambit and Plan

Gambit

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

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Plan and gambit are semantically related. in stratagem topic. In some cases you can use "Plan" instead a noun "Gambit".

Plan noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.

Usage example: there is a contingency plan in the office for handling almost any emergency

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Gambit and plan are semantically related. You can use "Gambit" instead a noun "Plan".

Nearby Words: plant, planned, planed, planner, planing

good	good gambit	good plan
long	long gambit	long plan
elaborate	elaborate gambit	elaborate plan
complex	complex gambit	complex plan
Other adjectives: original, simple, brilliant, entire, real, big, cunning, complicated, bad, clever, grand, new, final, desperate, convoluted, larger, next, last, latest, said, failed.

He too, like The Joker, has pulled almost every single plan and gambit one could think of for his final goal of wiping out ninety percent of the world's population.

Source: Magnificent Bastard / Comic Books
Unfortunately for him, they see through the gambit and plan accordingly.

Source: Series / The Leftovers
Even though most of the Lannisters are also in on the plan, and intend to spare Eddard and send him off to the Wall, Robert's successor Joffrey Baratheon chooses to publicly execute him instead, completely defeating the purpose of the gambit and resulting in said full-scale war breaking out anyway.

Source: Zero-Approval Gambit

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