battle plan
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈbætəl plæn/
- Specialized
:
plan de batalla
- The general presented a detailed battle plan to ensure a successful attack on the enemy's position.
- laid out a battle plan
- devise a battle plan
- formulate a battle plan
Now let's get super practical with a battle plan.
- Now let's get super practical with a battle plan.
- No, no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.
- You have to have leaders that are are determining the the battle plan, so to speak.
- And when I went in and they threatened me with a court martial, I told them this was my battle plan.
Examples
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What we've seen in the report is no charade, but the implementation of a new tactical battle plan.
Fiction book (1992) -
Generals have a saying that battle plans rarely survive the first wave.
Blog text (23) -
Were you ever able to find any battle plans from World War II?
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But we'll stick to the battle plan.
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The battle plan I sent you?
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The second point of our battle plan is on supply and working to boost supplies of core equipment.
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We got a new Sky Marshal and a new battle plan.
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We don't have a battle plan!
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As they notify him of the British advance, he starts to draw a battle plan on the tent's sandy floor.
Fiction book (2002) -
The world's a complex and scary place, and no battle plan survives contact with the enemy.
Blog text (14)
Synonyms
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1.0
A set of steps arranged to reach a goal
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3.7
A plan to reach a goal, often used in business or games
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3.7
A set of actions that helps a team or person reach a goal
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3.4
A clear set of steps to reach a goal
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3.2
A set of planned actions to solve a problem or reach a goal
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a plan for conducting a battle' is directly and compositionally derived from 'battle' (a fight) + 'plan' (a set of ordered actions). This noun+noun compounding follows a transparent, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Battle plan comes from real armies who wrote a plan for a battle before the fight, often on maps with times and orders. That's why today battle plan means a 'detailed strategy' for any big or difficult task.