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Answer for the clue "Holding back to gain an edge ", 11 letters:
sandbagging

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sandbagging , in the field of mergers and acquisitions law , refers to the act of claiming a breach of a contractual representation or warranty despite having known at the time of the contract that it was untrue.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of sandbag English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast v. treat harshly or unfairly compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" [syn: dragoon , railroad ] hit something or somebody ...

Usage examples of sandbagging.

They had been playing the sandbagging game, too, and had been in a better position to play it from.

Main Street, Canal Street, and the foot of Up-Mile Hill were impassable except by foot, and those who splashed and hurried their way toward the sandbagging operation felt the very streets beneath their feet trembling with the frenzied flow of the water, the way a turnpike overpass will tremble when big trucks pass each other.