false move

noun

a movement that may be interpreted as threatening.

an act or action that can cause trouble or damage; mistake: If the bus driver had made one false move, we would have skidded off the icy road.

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Main Entry:	false move
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	an unwise or careless action with risky consequences

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False move is always a great word to know.

So is doohickey. Does it mean:

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Example sentences

As far as her career prospects are concerned, this is something of a false move.

Blessed with this high calling, he reckoned he had never made a false move.

It would appear that a false move would be impossible to get right.

All he knows is one false move could cost him his life.

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