successful stroke
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Haig's successful stroke was delivered on a front of nearly two miles south of the Ypres-Roulers railway.
One occasion did present itself when there seemed to be room for a bold and successful stroke for Radicalism.
From Autobiography by Mill, John Stuart
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
The successful stroke made in September at Copenhagen filled the Czar with solicitude; for, like his ally, he had hoped to gain time, and such promptness in imitating Napoleon's contempt for neutral rights dismayed him.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
To Count Louis of Nassau the credit of this bold and successful stroke was due.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn
