hatching a plot
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- devisingCreating through thought
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
- cabalScheming political faction
conniving · brewing · cunning · secret · whispers · shadows · treachery · intrigue · sinister · accomplice · blueprint · machination · plotting · concocting · skulduggery · betrayal · clandestine · underhand
hatching a plotgoing with the flow
Accepting situations without resistance
improvising · winging it · acting in good faith · noble conduct