make sb a stalking horse

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• Stalking-horse — Stalk ing horse (st[add]k [i^]ng h[^o]rs ), n. 1. A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stalking-Horse Bid — An initial bid on a bankrupt company s assets from an interested buyer chosen by the bankrupt company. From a pool of bidders, the bankrupt company chooses the stalking horse to make the first bid. This method allows the distressed company to… …   Investment dictionary

• stalking horse — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms stalking horse : singular stalking horse plural stalking horses 1) an action intended to hide what someone is really trying to do 2) someone who pretends that they want to be the leader of their political party …   English dictionary

• stalking horse — stalk|ing horse [ stɔkıŋ,hɔrs ] noun count 1. ) an action intended to hide what someone is really trying to do 2. ) someone who pretends to want a public office to make it easier for someone else in the same political party to win the office… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• English Channel (horse) — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = English Channel caption = sire = Smart Strike grandsire = Mr. Prospector dam = Belva damsire = Theatrical sex = Stallion foaled = 2002 country = United States colour = Chestnut breeder = Keene Ridge Farm …   Wikipedia

• Teach the Controversy — is the name of a Discovery Institute intelligent design campaign to promote intelligent design, a variant of traditional creationism, while discrediting evolution in United States public high school science courses.citation | url=… …   Wikipedia

• Intelligent design — This article is about intelligent design as promulgated by the Discovery Institute. For other uses, see Intelligent design (disambiguation). For the philosophical argument from design , see Teleological argument …   Wikipedia

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• Pretext — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Ostensible motive, ground, or reason assigned. < N PARAG:Pretext >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pretext pretext pretense pretension plea| Sgm: N 1 allegation allegation advocation Sgm: N 1 ostensible motive ostensible motive… …   English dictionary for students

• List of Magnum, P.I. episodes — This is a list of episodes for Magnum, P.I. Contents 1 Episodes 1.1 Season 1: 1980–1981 1.2 Season 2: 1981–1982 1.3 Season 3: 1982–1983 …   Wikipedia

• lead — Synonyms and related words: T square, accent, accent mark, accomplishment, actor, administer, administrate, advance, advantage, affect, aim, aluminum, americium, antagonist, antecede, antecedence, antecedency, anteposition, anteriority, antetype …   Moby Thesaurus