plan of attack
noun phrase
: a set of actions to bring about what one is trying to accomplish
The current approach isn't working. I think we need a new plan of attack.
Examples of plan of attack in a Sentence
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The trial is designed to uncover cognitive risk factors and counter them with a personalized plan of attack.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 June 2024
He was prepared with a plan of attack for the Tampa Bay lineup and just as prepared for the Atlanta lineup.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024
Under her leadership, the team spots potential enemy posts and creates a feasible plan of attack.
—Aeyliya Husain, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2014
For as successful as the Giants have been recently upon forcing starting pitchers from the game, that didn’t appear to factor into their plan of attack against Severino, who held them hitless for five innings and needed only 36 pitches to make it through the first four frames.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 25 May 2024
The plan of attack is also contingent on your personality.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 29 Feb. 2024
Ozawa’s conducting style was a full embrace of the music before him, a faith in its shape more than a plan of attack.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
The special counsel’s indictment alleges that those in attendance at the meeting with Trump — a writer, a publisher and two of Trump’s staff members — were shown classified information about a Pentagon plan of attack on an unspecified foreign country.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2023
And still other Disney visitors make a plan of attack all about the food.
—Shay Spence, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2023
Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 June 2024
He was prepared with a plan of attack for the Tampa Bay lineup and just as prepared for the Atlanta lineup.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024
Under her leadership, the team spots potential enemy posts and creates a feasible plan of attack.
—Aeyliya Husain, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2014
For as successful as the Giants have been recently upon forcing starting pitchers from the game, that didn’t appear to factor into their plan of attack against Severino, who held them hitless for five innings and needed only 36 pitches to make it through the first four frames.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 25 May 2024
The plan of attack is also contingent on your personality.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 29 Feb. 2024
Ozawa’s conducting style was a full embrace of the music before him, a faith in its shape more than a plan of attack.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
The special counsel’s indictment alleges that those in attendance at the meeting with Trump — a writer, a publisher and two of Trump’s staff members — were shown classified information about a Pentagon plan of attack on an unspecified foreign country.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2023
And still other Disney visitors make a plan of attack all about the food.
—Shay Spence, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2023
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“Plan of attack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plan%20of%20attack. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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