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n. 1 (&lit grand scheme English) 2 (context idiomatic English) The totality of the situation approached objectively; the big picture.
Usage examples of "grand scheme".
My grand scheme for a Second Milieu has received a great thrust forward.
It seemed probable that Fury's grand scheme for the establishment of a Second Milieu was about to receive a signifi.
But she nursed no illusions about her importance in the grand scheme of things.
Of course, there were other things that could interfere with Ajidica's grand scheme -- unknowns.
His grand scheme was in tatters, as he and his scientists and engineers milled around the hangar in fear and confusion.
He'd had one chance to wrest control of this grand scheme back from the Guardsman, and he'd muffed it.
Circumstances seemed to be cooperating with Hattan's grand scheme for submerging Iron-grip's heirs in obscurity.
The facts, however, will prove to be linked and banded together by one grand scheme, devised and conducted by a master spirit.
Too bad you're about to die knowing that your feeble attempts to stop my grand scheme have failed.