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Opening move   /ˈoʊpənɪŋ muv/   Listen
Opening move

noun
1.
The first of a series of actions.  Synonyms: first step, initiative, opening.





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"Opening move" Quotes from Famous Books



... conscientiously believed to be the highest duty of a sovereign pontiff, had recalled all nuncios not in full sympathy with his views of aggrandizement, and had replaced them with envoys whose notions of authority were echoes of his own; and, as an opening move, had made the demand, so resented by Venice, that the new Patriarch Vendramin should be sent to Rome for examination before he could be allowed to ...
— A Golden Book of Venice • Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
... the opening move was made as the trio reached the confines of the Orphanage premises. Here, by the angle of the red brick wall, Mr. Bossom halted to strike a match for his pipe. He struck it upon the iron cover of the manhole, ...
— True Tilda • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


Words linked to "Opening move" :   beginning, peace initiative, curtain raiser, initiative, commencement, first base, start


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