plan of attack
How to proceed
A plan of attack is a strategy for achieving a goal, especially one that involves overcoming obstacles or opposition.
The phrase comes from military planning but applies broadly to any challenging undertaking: What's our plan of attack for the presentation?
We need a plan of attack before we start renovating.
- offensive strategyPlan for aggression
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- grand strategyLong-term national military planning
- drawing boardFlat surface for sketching
- marketing strategyScheme for promoting goods
maneuver · opening gambit · first move · roadmap · logistics · boots on the ground · prioritization · war game · divide and conquer · methodology · risk assessment · framework · negotiation tactics · reconnaissance · decision tree · tactical retreat · chain of command · competitive analysis
plan of attackimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
winging it · ad-libbing · playing it by ear · shooting from the hip · extemporization
plan of attackinaction
Deliberate nonmovement
passivity · paralysis · avoidance · surrender · doing nothing
plan of attackdefensive strategy
Plan focused on prevention
exit strategy · damage control · holding pattern · containment strategy · surrender
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