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plural gambits
(chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage. examples
Any ploy or stratagem. quotations examples
The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light as the bitter fruit of an utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.
2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240
An opening sequence, featuring a de-aged Ford playing a younger Indy, is a bold and nostalgic gambit, offering a glimpse of what you've missed.
2023 June 29, City AM, London, page 18, column 2
A remark intended to open a conversation. examples
third-person singular simple present gambits, present participle gambiting, simple past and past participle gambited
(chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage. examples