Counterploy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A clever trick used to counteract another clever trick.

    "So it goes. Bluff and counterbluff, ploy and counterploy."

Synonyms

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counterplot

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"So it goes. Bluff and counterbluff, ploy and counterploy."

Etymology

From counter- + ploy.

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