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COUNTERPLAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does counterplan mean?
• COUNTERPLAN (noun)
The noun COUNTERPLAN has 1 sense:
1. a plot intended to subvert another plot
Familiarity information: COUNTERPLAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plot intended to subvert another plot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
counterplan; counterplot
Hypernyms ("counterplan" is a kind of...):
game; plot; secret plan (a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal))
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