noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
open
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Warwick's opening gambit is to blur the line between consciousness and intelligence.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a political gambit
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At other times it is a gambit to extract the maximum price concession from the seller.
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His exit, when he truly is on his last legs, is his most effective gambit .
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Nobody knew whether or not it worked but we derived a certain pleasure from the savagery of the gambit .
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Still, this was a tidy, interesting account of a clever gambit from the University of Florence.
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There are few conversational gambits in discussions or meetings.