Kicker
Ploy
Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Synonyms for Ploy
Kicker and ploy are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Kicker" with "Ploy", this nouns are similar.
Nearby Word: ployed
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There is a ploy in American football called "freezing the kicker" or "icing the kicker" which relies on this trope.
Source: Centipede's Dilemma -
Kaoru dissuades a pair of guys from making a move on Aoi with this claim...kicker being he really is her fiance, and he'd just kicked her out of his home suspecting her of being a ploy by his estranged family to get him to return (only to immediately realize his mistake).
Source: Boyfriend Bluff
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