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Ruse To Use When Short Of Space

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99%4Exact Match!
noun

• an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

• a maneuver in a game or conversation

28%3 Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short"
noun

• an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code

28%8 Skillful use of a ruse
noun

• an elaborate and systematic plan of action

• the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war

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