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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Reculer pour Mieux Sauter To run back in order to give a better jump forwards; to give way a little in order to take up a stronger position. "Where the empire sets its foot, it cannot withdraw without much loss of credit, whereas reouler pour mieux sauter must often be the most effective action in that tide of European civilisation, which is slowly, but surely, advancing into the heart of the Dark Continent."- Nineteenth Century, December, 1892, p. 990. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Caution | Think twice, look before one leaps, count the cost, look to the main chance, cut one's coat according to one's cloth; feel one's ground, feel one's way; see how the land lies; (foresight); wait to see how the cat jumps; bridle one's tongue; reculer pour mieux sauter; (prepare); let well alone, let well enough alone; let sleeping dogs lie, ne pas reveiller le chat qui dort. |
Cunning | Verb: be cunning; Adjective: have cut one's eyeteeth; contrive; (plan); live by one's wits; maneuver; intrigue, gerrymander, finesse, double, temporize, stoop to conquer, reculer pour mieux sauter, circumvent, steal a march upon; overreach; throw off one's guard; surprise; snatch a verdict; waylay, undermine, introduce the thin end of the wedge; play a deep game, play tricks with; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces; flatter, make things pleasant; have an ax to grind. |
Preparation | Prepare oneself; serve an apprenticeship; (learn); lay oneself out for, get into harness, gird up one's loins, buckle on one's armor, reculer pour mieux sauter, prime and load, shoulder arms, get the steam up, put the horses to. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 43 55 4C 45 52 50 4F 55 52 4D 49 45 55 58 53 41 55 54 45 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01000011 01010101 01001100 01000101 01010010 00100000 01010000 01001111 01010101 01010010 00100000 01001101 01001001 01000101 01010101 01011000 00100000 01010011 01000001 01010101 01010100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E C U L E R   P O U R   M I E U X   S A U T E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 0043 0055 004C 0045 0052 0050 004F 0055 0052 004D 0049 0045 0055 0058 0053 0041 0055 0054 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52393755463952250495552247433955582533555543952 |
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