gambit

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I'm more surprised folks fell for the "take it or leave it" gambit.

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Quick take

an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of gambit gathered in one view.

noun

an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

noun

a maneuver in a game or conversation

noun

a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for gambit.

noun

an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

noun

a maneuver in a game or conversation

noun

a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position

Example sentences

I'm more surprised folks fell for the "take it or leave it" gambit.

Same gambit as the 'ol, "There's been a credit card database leak!

I assume the author realizes that the term 'conman' is short for 'Confidence Man' which is a very, very, old gambit.

Viewed from outside, it looks like Britain's gambit towards financial services was highly successful.

" The latter is a political gambit that needs to be dealt with after careful consideration in a way that shows teeth.

I think the gambit was that if enough people demand their freedom, the project of organizing a GNU project would become easier.

Maybe it will take a few more thousand generations before evolution catches up, but until then spiking neuron architectures seem like a decent gambit ...

It's an international relations gambit to influence the American public to consider Russia's point of view.

" I'm a little sad to see you neg "Up," though, because I thought the technical gambit there was much more sophisticated: conveying emotion convincingly from what is basically a cartoon.

I don't understand the "sponsored" content gambit, but I do recall reading various print magazines that had bundled content inside of them that looked very much like "real" articles but were basically sponsored ads.

Agreed that sounds like bullshit, but assuming they did in fact plan to win the vote in a way which looks exactly like cheating but which turns out to be unorthodox but legitimate, we've got an early contender for marketing gambit of the year.

By the end, Christie comes off pretty well:Then, this year, after two years of chaos, Christie and local leaders instituted a new reform, breaking the unions of the old municipal police force and reconstituting a new Metro police department under county control....Predictably, the new Camden County-run police began to turn crime stats in the right direction with a combination of beefed-up numbers, significant investments in technology, and a cheaper and at least temporarily de-unionized membership....In recent months, Christie has visited Camden several times, making it plain that he puts the daring 2011 gambit here in his political win column.