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ruse — ► NOUN ▪ a stratagem or trick. ORIGIN from Old French ruser use trickery , earlier drive back , perhaps from Latin rursus backwards … English terms dictionary
ruse contre ruse — /rüz kɔ̃tr᾽ rüz/ noun (French) Cunning against cunning • • • Main Entry: ↑ruse … Useful english dictionary
ruse — (n.) early 15c., dodging movements of a hunted animal, from O.Fr. ruse (14c.), noun use of ruser to dodge, repel, retreat, from L. recusare deny, reject, oppose, from re intensive prefix, + causari plead as a reason, object, allege, from causa… … Etymology dictionary
ruse — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clever, elaborate PREPOSITION ▪ ruse by sb ▪ The attack may merely be a ruse by the enemy to distract our forces … Collocations dictionary
ruse de guerre — /də ger/ noun (French) A stratagem of war • • • Main Entry: ↑ruse … Useful english dictionary
ruse — I noun art, artifice, bait, blind, camouflage, cheat, chicane, chicanery, chouse, circumvention, craft, crafty device, deceit, deception, decoy, delusion, design, disguise, dodge, dolus, duplicity, evasion, feint, fetch, finesse, flimflam, fraud … Law dictionary
ruse — [ rus, ruz ] noun count a plan or trick used for hiding your true intentions … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ruse — noun (C) a clever trick used to deceive someone: It dawned on me that this was only a ruse, done to gain time … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ruse — noun his offer to help with my presentation was just a clever ruse Syn: ploy, stratagem, tactic, scheme, trick, gambit, cunning plan, dodge, subterfuge, machination, wile … Thesaurus of popular words
ruse — noun Etymology: French, from Old French, roundabout path taken by fleeing game, trickery, from reuser Date: 1625 a wily subterfuge Synonyms: see trick … New Collegiate Dictionary
Ruse — noun a town in northeastern Bulgaria … Wiktionary