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Very clever move
Answer for the clue "Very clever move ", 12 letters:
masterstroke
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n. An action which demonstrated great skill or artistry
WordNet
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n. an achievement demonstrating great skill or mastery
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Politically, it was a masterstroke that rivaled Nixon's visit to China. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At the time it looked like a masterstroke , a piece of breath-taking audacity. ▪ Fred Plumb now pulled a masterstroke . ▪ His ...
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Masterstroke may refer to: Master Stroke , Italian crime film " Masterstroke of Malevolence ", episode of Fillmore!
Usage examples of masterstroke.
We hoped to catch Ho Chi Minh and other governmental leaders at home, which, our briefers said, would end the war in a single masterstroke.
Opinions vary on this: pro-FLAG people argue that the Straits, with all of their ship traffic, are a relatively hazardous place to put a submarine cable and that a terrestrial crossing of the Malay Peninsula is a tactical masterstroke.
It spite of his many failures in the direction of that elusive personage, he still had the ear of the Committee of Public Safety who did not undervalue his real worth, and though, at the special sitting convened for the purpose, several members were inclined to scoff when Chauvelin expounded his plan for the capture of the spies—seeing the number of times that his masterstrokes had ended in failures—nevertheless when it was put to the vote, the majority decided in favour of the plan being carried through, starting with the arrest of the Saint-Lucque woman and her two daughters.