usual tactic

collocation in English

meaningsofusualandtactic

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usual
adjective
uk
/ˈjuː.ʒu.əl/us
/ˈjuː.ʒu.əl/
normal; happening, done, or used ...
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tactic
noun
uk
/ˈtæk.tɪk/us
/ˈtæk.tɪk/
a planned way of ...
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(Definition ofusualandtacticfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I hope that she will not resort to theusualtacticof saying different things in different places to different audiences.
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So he resorts to hisusualtactic: the less he has to say, the more he says it.
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He redefined poverty so as to bring more people within it—a fairlyusualtactic.
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They are adopting theirusualtacticof trying to slow down the agency's implementation and insisting on restricting its functioning, so preventing an effective agency from being established.
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Oku moved with uncharacteristic caution, as the geography did not favor hisusualtacticof flanking maneuvers.
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Hatfield, who had always relied on his stature as a statesman in campaigns, was forced to change hisusualtacticof not engaging his opponent.
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It cannot, however, be overstressed that while subversives are adept at manufacturing grievances, their usual tactics are to exploit and magnify problems that already exist.
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It is a question of the bully adopting the usual tactics that bullies take in relation to the weak.
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I find those are the usual tactics.
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His usual tactics involve clichd villainy, such as mastering evil laughter and using a grand trap to eliminate a foe.
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