successful stroke

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I may successively bend all my energies upon the winning of a game, the doing of a successful stroke of business, the defeat of a social rival, the success of a philanthropic undertaking.

From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by Fullerton, George Stuart

Another successful stroke was the destruction of Fort Frontenac, which was taken by a provincial army under Colonel Bradstreet.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis

“One to thee, son of Tyingoza!” cries the wielder of the successful stroke, nimbly swerving to avoid the return one.

From A Frontier Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

We now, however, quit the subject—interesting, indeed, and all-important—of the tariff, with the deliberate expression of our opinion, that it is, taken as a whole, a very bold, masterly, and successful stroke of policy.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 by Various

He had perhaps made some very successful stroke in his affairs during the three days he had spent in Naples.

From Don Orsino by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)