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Meanings of gambit in English

Portuguese
artimanha
Catalan
estratagema
Spanish
gambito

A maneuver in a game or conversation.

artimanha
Usage of gambit in English
1
Caroline was forgotten; she was free to go; Johann's gambit was working.
The system of the world
2
Eph said, Are you really going with the 'gas leak' gambit, Everett?
The strain
3
One back-covering gambit is to argue that markets simply reflect human nature.
The Guardian
4
Catch ya's later. However this was widely seen as a negotiating gambit.
The Irish Times
5
Yet Xi's western gambit is arguably bound up in a basic contradiction.
The Guardian
6
Yeah, that's right- Iturnedthe Trade Center disaster into an advertising gambit.
Internecine
7
It was a little conversational flourish, a gambit in the polite game.
Crome Yellow
8
It casts in doubt the wisdom of the Vilnius Group's American gambit.
The Belgian Curtain: Europe after Communism
9
You didn't use the old 'pregnant with an elephant' gambit, did you?
The woman who died a lot
10
And Sun lovers, unsurprisingly, will find exactly the same gambit on display.
The Guardian
11
The latest gambit in the contest for third-party love comes from eBay.
Wired
12
If the Raiders succeed in that gambit, I expect Carr will prevail.
The Guardian
13
The class laughed, but Winsor was not one to refuse the gambit.
The Plastic Age
14
That gambit is so tired, I doubt even you would buy it.
Murder most frothy
15
He sensed an opening gambit and was determined not to be enlisted.
The Centauri Device
16
They plan to strike back against him -butit is a gambit.
Imperatrix
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Translations for gambit
Portuguese
artimanha
Gambit through the time
Gambit across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common