| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Fabian Tactics | Literature | 1: "Met by the Fabian tactics, which proved fatal to its predecessor." - The Times. 2: Or Policy - i.e. delay. "Win like Fabius, by delay." The Roman general Fabius wearied out Hannibal by marches, counter-marches, ambuscades, and skirmishes, without ever coming to an open engagement. Fabius died B.C. 203. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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