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noun 
  1. An opening in chess, in which a minor piece (often a pawn) is sacrificed to gain an advantage
  2. Any ploy or stratagem
    Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year .
  3. A remark intended to open a conversation
    Her clever opening gambit gave her an advantage.

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