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
Trick
Trick noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: her husband used every trick in the book to get out of appearing in his parish's fashion show
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How words are described
| old | old gambit | old trick |
| good | good gambit | good trick |
| elaborate | elaborate gambit | elaborate trick |
| similar | similar gambit | similar trick |
| Other adjectives: usual, fake, obvious, simple, real, successful, big, dangerous, little, infamous, false, cruel, clever, famous, new, final, classic, next, last, aforementioned, favorite. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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This gambit is an effort to trick Shamir and the guard dogs into lowering their guard for entry into the castle.
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Gambit Pileup: Setsuna's, Murdoch's, The Company's, and several others, including Queen Serenity (which is a good trick considering she has been dead for millennia).
Source: Fan Fic / The Return - The GURPS Player Handbook suggests the DM should reward a clever player who comes up with a new gambit by letting the trick work ... but only once.
Source: It Only Works Once
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