gambit
[noun]
Synonyms: trick, artifice, device, gimmick, jig, maneuver, play, ploy, ruse, whizzer

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Related Words: design, plan, plot

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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 chess

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