noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
delaying tactic
diversionary tactics
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Most children are skilled in diversionary tactics .
employ a method/technique/tactic etc
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The report examines teaching methods employed in the classroom.
scare tactics
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Employers used scare tactics to force a return to work.
switch tactics
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Sensing that his victim was going to escape him, he switched tactics.
used scare tactics
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Employers used scare tactics to force a return to work.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
aggressive
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Those highly visible operations, which featured heavily armed government forces using aggressive pressure tactics , ended in deadly violence.
delaying
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She decided on a delaying tactic .
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Instead of introducing immediate legislation, the Home Office responded with time-honoured delaying tactics .
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It will also be granted if any defence raised is shown merely to be a delaying tactic .
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Some southern areas managed the change to integrated schools without much difficulty; but many used every possible delaying tactic .
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Appeasement caused by blindness was followed by delaying tactics and doublespeak intended to buy time.
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Such concessions as they made were mere delaying tactics .
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Now, can we cut out the delaying tactics and get on with it?
different
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Wherever the pressure occurred, a different tactic had to be developed to release it.
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Except during the general offensive, lasting from late 1967 until May of 1969, the enemy relied on different tactics .
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After they'd gone, Nell tried a different tactic .
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Art Mitz relied on a different tactic .
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For this the recantations were insufficient, and different tactics were now applied to obtain a much more abject confession.
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However, a different tactic is adopted here.
diversionary
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For more than a week before the Inchon landing, the Allied forces used diversionary tactics by bombing nearby areas.
military
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The failure of the Guadalajara offensive marked the end of a period of change discernible in Franco's military tactics .
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C., handed down an abundance of wisdom about military strategy and tactics that have considerable application to all businesses.
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It is a favourite military tactic ... the pincer movement!
new
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He was puzzled: he could not understand this new tactic .
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Police spoke of a benign new law enforcement tactic no more intrusive than a video camera at a convenience store.
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The miners' strike was a platform for the exercise of new police tactics to deal with disorder.
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We were fully confident that these new tactics would assure us of victory.
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So a new tactic was adopted and each put in £10, raising a further £200 to £300 from friends.
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They told him it was time for new tactics .
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But Sunday afternoon, the demonstrators regained possession of the streets by resorting to their new tactic of creating gigantic traffic jams.
political
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What political strategies and tactics are used to influence budget allocations? 6.
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For the dominant, there may be a more flexible perimeter, depending upon the political tactics of the time.
similar
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Insurance salespeople can use similar tactics .
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Reptiles and insects employ similar tactics , but in their case eye-spots are not necessary to deflect the interest of their predators.
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Repealers were forced to adopt similar tactics .
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Some small cavity-nesting birds, rather surprisingly, employ similar tactics .
■ NOUN
campaign
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In the runoff campaign both candidates used negative campaign tactics , personal attack and innuendo.
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But Clinton, aides say, is eager to show this bully pulpit approach amounts to more than campaign tactics .
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The campaign tactics of the two contestants differed markedly.
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Dole has made mistakes, flip-flopped on issues and indulged in objectionable campaign tactics .
scare
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This claim has never been proved and it may have been part of the Securitate's scare tactics .
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Republicans have complained that Democrats are using Social Security scare tactics to incite seniors groups and others to oppose the constitutional amendment.
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Whatever you may think about the morality of abortion, these are the most deplorable scare tactics .
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You also wrongly stated that we use scare tactics such as hostile looks or suggestive comments to keep women away.
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Then they used scare tactics , telling the audience that fat people were apt to succumb to something called Sudden Death syndrome.
shock
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And video nasty. Shock tactics to drum safety into young drivers.
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The 1955 original was a triumph of atmosphere, character, diabolical wit and outright scare-you-silly shock tactics .
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Read in studio Shock tactics are being used to make young drivers more aware of danger on the roads.
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Some of them think of it as shock tactics .
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That's easy; shock tactics .
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Read in studio Shock tactics are being used in an attempt to stop persistent drink drivers.
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Time and again he has used persuasion - and on occasion shock tactics - to try to prevent young girls having abortions.
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The application of shock tactics to bend the will of the unwilling.
terror
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The economic blockade is accompanied by terror tactics .
■ VERB
adopt
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I decided to adopt the same tactic I had used with some success at school.
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He adopted the same tactic in Biarritz, with the same result.
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Repealers were forced to adopt similar tactics .
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Schools have adopted several tactics to raise awareness of bias.
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Not wishing to risk increasing instability, Franco adopted a familiar tactic: he did nothing until the panorama became clearer.
change
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To change behaviour requires tactics that match the complexity of the causes.
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He changed tactics and quickly turned on the faucet.
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Rebels in the Tenga region changed their tactics somewhat in the last half of last month.
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Gomez changed his tactics and began to work on Bognar's body.
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He decided to change his tactics .
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If so technology will change tactics .
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I decided I'd have to change tactics .
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At half time you can change your tactics and bring on a substitute.
delay
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Voynet was exasperated by the delaying tactics of certain councils.
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And the firm has deep enough pockets to see a case through years of delaying tactics by the opposition.
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The Kremlin has consistently opposed their return, invoking security problems and resorting to delaying tactics .
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The organization blamed delaying tactics by Prime Minister John Major for its decision to end the cease-fire.
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The majority leadership's specialty became mounting filibusters or using other delaying tactics to prevent majority rule.
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Especially on liberal initiatives, they face defections by moderates, as well as Republican delaying tactics .
employ
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Karpov employed subtle psychological tactics to unsettle the campion.
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Amtrak police and the U. S. Customs Service have also employed the tactic to spot drug couriers.
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Reptiles and insects employ similar tactics , but in their case eye-spots are not necessary to deflect the interest of their predators.
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Apple will need to employ such imaginative tactics to become profitable again.
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The many hours on the road give cyclists the opportunity to employ tactics varying from the subtle to the murderous.
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Morry Taylor, a businessman, gave rambling discourses on the need to employ business tactics in government; and Rep.
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Some small cavity-nesting birds, rather surprisingly, employ similar tactics .
resort
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So they had to resort to indirect tactics .
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Merrill felt that students resort to these tactics when they see no other way to address the problem.
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The Kremlin has consistently opposed their return, invoking security problems and resorting to delaying tactics .
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But Sunday afternoon, the demonstrators regained possession of the streets by resorting to their new tactic of creating gigantic traffic jams.
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Why should women resort to such devious tactics ?
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With no help around, you may have to resort to another tactic - a risky one: going to ground.
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By turning to the Falangist component of the regime forces in this way, Franco was resorting to an old tactic .
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If all this fails, you may have to resort to another tactic .
switch
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Leeds switched tactics slightly and brought Kelly in more and more so that West ham were being skinned on both wings.
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Seeing that the game was up, Kissinger switched his tactics from fighting Jackson to joining him.
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But all that changed when the Cali cartel switched tactics and started relying more on ships and trucks to transport drugs.
try
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She tried various tactics with her husband and brothers to no avail.
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I had friends who tried this tactic .
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After they'd gone, Nell tried a different tactic .
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Finally, buying management and their advisers should try and appreciate what tactics are being used on them.
use
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Insurance salespeople can use similar tactics .
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A job seeker used that tactic when he made a call to Miller recently.
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Telephone sales people use this tactic .
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Republicans have complained that Democrats are using Social Security scare tactics to incite seniors groups and others to oppose the constitutional amendment.
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An hour later they used the same tactics to gain entry to the other half of the camp.
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You also wrongly stated that we use scare tactics such as hostile looks or suggestive comments to keep women away.
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The track officials used tactics that begged for no debate.
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Those highly visible operations, which featured heavily armed government forces using aggressive pressure tactics , ended in deadly violence.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shock tactics
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And shock tactics: The drink-drive cure that's not a soft option.
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Some of them think of it as shock tactics.
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That's easy; shock tactics.
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The 1955 original was a triumph of atmosphere, character, diabolical wit and outright scare-you-silly shock tactics.
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The application of shock tactics to bend the will of the unwilling.
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Time and again he has used persuasion - and on occasion shock tactics - to try to prevent young girls having abortions.
strong-arm tactics/methods etc
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A case's merit should not have to depend on strong-arm tactics.
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Also rumoured they used strong-arm tactics during one of Buckmaster's many takeover bids to build up his conglomerate.
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In this game strong-arm tactics were deployed by both sides to kill five ends and force replays.
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Others were furious at what they said were government strong-arm tactics over the vote.
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Strachan believes they can do it - provided dangerman Lee Chapman gets proper protection against Stuttgart's strong-arm tactics.
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The prefect at the time, Dominique Vian, could see the advantages of Bena's strong-arm tactics.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Giving out criticism rather than praise is a tactic that rarely works in the workplace.
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He's threatening to sue us? That's a tactic he's used before.
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The question was just a delaying tactic to stop her leaving the room.
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We may have to use more aggressive tactics to get rid of him.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alas, many companies are already wise to this tactic .
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One tactic is simply to shield the device, by enclosing it in a metal or plastic box of low impedance.
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One tactic she has used is to decide matters outside the formal Cabinet, either in committees or in informal groups.
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She had always failed in the tactics of small talk.
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Some Wall Street firms have expressed outrage at punitive awards, and many investors have complained of brokers' stalling tactics.
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The men, as one might imagine, were not so happy with the tactic .