Wednesday, February 06, 2019

"finesse : (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, politics) To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using..."

“finesse : (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, politics) To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or strategem.
(transitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse.
(transitive, intransitive) To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way.
(intransitive, card games) To attempt to win a trick by finessing.
(intransitive, croquet, obsolete) To play a ball out of the way of an opponent.”

- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/finesse#English

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