Gambit: your leg

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gambit

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Line breaks: gam¦bit

Pronunciation: /ˈɡambɪt/

Definition of gambit in English:

noun

1An act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage, especially at the outset of a situation:his resignation was a tactical gambit

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2(In chess) an opening move in which a player makes asacrifice, typically of a pawn, for the sake of acompensating advantage:he tried the dubious Budapest gambit

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Origin

Mid 17th century: originally gambett, from Italian gambetto, literally ‘tripping up’, from gamba ‘leg’.

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