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brinksmanship

Variant of brinkmanship

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noun

the policy of pursuing a hazardous course of action to the brink of catastrophe

also brinksmanship

Origin: brink + -manship

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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