brinkmanshipnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbrɪŋk.mən.ʃɪp/us/ˈbrɪŋk.mən.ʃɪp/the activity, especially in politics, of trying to get what you want by saying that if you do not get it, you will do something dangerous:
The talks have collapsed and both sides have resorted to brinkmanship.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dangers and threats
- baneful
- black spot
- calculated risk
- chance
- chancy
- darkly
- desperately
- dodgy
- gamble
- hazardous
- hazmat
- high-risk
- hostage
- hostage to fortune idiom
- poisoned chalice
- precarious
- pull
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- risk
- treacherous
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