Ploy and Switch

Ploy

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

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Switch and ploy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Switch" instead a noun "Ploy".

Nearby Word: ployed

Switch noun - A long thin or flexible tool for striking.

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Ploy and switch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Switch".

old	old ploy	old switch
elaborate	elaborate ploy	elaborate switch
particular	particular ploy	particular switch
similar	similar ploy	similar switch
Other adjectives: fake, initial, dead, obvious, simple, little, main, final, classic, last.

Kansas City Shuffle: Bourne's bait-and-switch ploy to get the information on the Blackbriar project.

Source: Film / The Bourne Ultimatum
Another odd Fox marketing ploy was cross-promoting King of the Hill early in its' run on Fox Kids, as "Fox Kids Heads for the Hills"- featuring such bizarre things as Hank convincing the Silver Surfer to switch to a propane-powered surfboard.

Source: Misaimed Marketing
Out-Gambitted: In "Switch," Jimmy and Kim pull a magnificent ploy against Ken Wins, by posing as two second-generation Central European immigrants trying to invest their non-existent uncle's inheritance money.

Source: Series / Better Call Saul

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