exit strategy

[ eg-zit strat-i-jee, ek-sit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a plan for getting out of a difficult or unfavorable situation:
committing troops without an exit strategy.
a plan that maximizes profits when liquidating investments or a business.

exit strategy

First recorded in 1970–75

Many of them had sent children to foreign schools, purchased foreign homes and prepared exit strategies.

So I harnessed the last bit of power I had from that night and used it to plan my exit strategy.

At least a plan to the effect of stating some kind of exit strategy, an off-ramp, would be refreshing; I haven't seen one.

Like most of my colleagues, I had never considered an exit strategy.

Its been heavily rumored that NBC was preparing an exit strategy for Leno, whose current contract expires in September 2014.

Hence any ground offensive is of necessity short-lived, with a clear exit strategy.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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