pincer
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpɪnsəɹ/
pincer (plural pincers)
- Any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers.
pincer (pincers, present participle pincering; past and past participle pincered)
- (transitive, sometimes, figurative) To surround with a pincer attack.
- 1984, Robert Lamb, Competitive Strategic Management (page 115)
- After considering all frontal counteroffensive alternatives, Heublein rejected them as detrimental to its profits and came up with a brilliant pincering maneuver. It raised the price of Smirnoff by one dollar, effectively preventing segment diffusion, […]
- 1984, Robert Lamb, Competitive Strategic Management (page 115)
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