Gambit and Proposal

Gambit

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

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

Proposal noun - Something which is presented for consideration.

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Gambit and proposal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gambit" instead a noun "Proposal".

good	good gambit	good proposal
elaborate	elaborate gambit	elaborate proposal
similar	similar gambit	similar proposal
original	original gambit	original proposal
Other adjectives: fake, simple, entire, real, successful, little, new, political, unsuccessful, latest, insane, older, giant, previous, aforementioned.

Batman Gambit: Qahuar Em knows Cithrin is sleeping with him in order to gain access to his office and look at his shipping proposal so he replaces it with a fake one.

Source: Literature / The Dagger and the Coin
In Half-Life: Opposing Force, the player character, Adrian Shepard is trapped in an Osprey in an unknown dimension by the G-Man(A part of his intergalactic Xanatos Gambit no doubt), this dimension oddly enough is the exact same one G-Man gave Gordon Freeman his job proposal in Half-Life.

Source: Sealed Room in the Middle of Nowhere

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