WordNet
tactical manoeuvre
n. a move made to gain a tactical end [syn: maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver]
Usage examples of "tactical manoeuvre".
If caught unawares by a tactical manoeuvre, they were likely to retreat in confusion and whispering fear rather than stay and fight.
The tiny hyper-transmitter planted by Kakuta in the airlock of the Druuf scoutship was threatening to transform the entire tactical manoeuvre into a catastrophe for the Drusus.