brinksmanship
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brinksmanship noun
- Pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to risk a dangerous policy rather than concede a point.“The diplomat accused the other nation's leader of brinkmanship for refusing to redeploy the troops along their nations' shared border.”
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one-upsmanshipone-up-manshipswordmanshipsteermanshipunder-handednessgimmickerybare-handednessoneupmanshipfire-fightbrusqueryduellingbushlipshuttlecock diplomacybattle-lineaxmanshipturfwar
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