gambit[noun]Synonyms: trick, artifice, device, gimmick, jig, maneuver, play, ploy, ruse, whizzer
Related Words: design,
plan,
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gam‧bit /ˈɡæmbət, ˈɡæmbɪt/
noun [countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Italian;
Origin: gambetto 'act of making someone fall over', from gamba 'leg']
1. something that you do or say which is intended to give you an advantage in an argument:
a clever debating gambit These questions are often an opening gambit (=the thing you say first) for a negotiation.2. a planned series of moves at the beginning of a game of
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