Betekenis van gambit In het Nederlands

• 0 a clever action in a game or other situation that is intended to achieve an advantage and usually involves taking a risk:

  • Her clever opening gambit gave her an early advantage.

  • Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.

• 1 a remark that you make to someone in order to start a conversation:

  • "I hear you're a friend of Jamie's" was her opening gambit.

• 2 something that you do or say that is intended to achieve an advantage and usually involves taking a risk:

  • The arrest of the political leader was seen as the opening gambit in a move to take control of the government.