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play
a preset plan of action in team sports
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policy
a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
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battle plan
plan for conducting a battle
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system
a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
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maneuver, manoeuvre, tactic, tactics
a plan for attaining a particular goal
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scheme, strategy
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
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itinerary, travel plan
a proposed route of travel
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knock on
(rugby) knocking the ball forward while trying to catch it (a foul)
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power play
(ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties
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football play
(American football) a play by the offensive team
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razmataz, razzle, razzle-dazzle, razzmatazz
any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent
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basketball play
a play executed by a basketball team
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activism
a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal
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beggar-my-neighbor policy, beggar-my-neighbor strategy, beggar-my-neighbour policy, beggar-my-neighbour strategy
a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
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credit system
a system for allowing people to purchase things on credit
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legal system
a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws
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pricing system
a system for setting prices on goods or services
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promotion system
a system for advancing participants to higher-status positions
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contrivance, dodge, stratagem
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
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counterterrorism
a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism
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game plan
(sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport
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game plan
(figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs
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bubble, house of cards
a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
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playbook
a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign
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game, plot, secret plan
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
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pyramid scheme
a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit; when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure the scheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put in
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waiting game
a strategy of delay
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wheeze
(Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick
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centralism
the political policy of concentrating power in a central organization
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containment
a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully
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moderationism
the policy of being moderate or acting with moderation
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obscurantism
a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge
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Thatcherism
(England) the political policy of Margaret Thatcher
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ultramontanism
(Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope
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incentive program, incentive scheme
a formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something