A clever maneuver, and one that had proven very timely.

It's a clever political maneuver: Create a monster and then take credit for slaying it.

That was a clever maneuver that made Graham's response seem exaggerated.

Moe, alert at the wheel, was continuing his clever maneuvers.

Brazil is now paying a heavy price for that clever maneuver.

"It may be a very clever legal maneuver, but it goes against everything we were supposed to get under the new charter."

They were instruments of crushing victory, not clever maneuver.

Private equity firms recently have come up with a clever maneuver.

They have a clever maneuver to attempt to confuse the player.

The clever maneuver had an extra beneficial effect.