Gambit
Gambit noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: I couldn't tell whether her earlier poor-mouthing had been sincere or just a gambit to get me to pick up the dinner check
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Synonyms for Gambit
Scheme
Scheme noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: an e-mail scheme to trick unwary Internet users into disclosing passwords and financial information
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How words are described
| long | long gambit | long scheme |
| elaborate | elaborate gambit | elaborate scheme |
| similar | similar gambit | similar scheme |
| usual | usual gambit | usual scheme |
| Other adjectives: complex, original, fake, brilliant, entire, real, massive, big, complicated, huge, little, clever, grand, new, final, convoluted, larger, next, last, latest, failed, giant. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- On Hyperdrive, Teal constructs an intricate plan that falls somewhere between Zany Scheme and Gambit Roulete involving chocolate, knockout gas, and the purchase of a planet, just so she can get a date with Commander Henderson.
Source: Zany Scheme -
Gambit Roulette: All of 02's villains' actions prove to be part of the mon behind the mon's greater scheme - even the ones that would have made his greater scheme impossible.
Source: Anime / Digimon Adventure 02 -
In short, if there is any reasonable action the pawns could take that would ruin the entire scheme, then it's a Batman Gambit.
Source: Batman Gambit
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