master plan

noun
a general plan or program for achieving an objective.
Origin:
1925–30

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mas·ter-plan

[mas-ter-plan, mah-ster-]
verb (used with object), mas·ter-planned, mas·ter-plan·ning.
1.
to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
2.
to develop or improve (land, a community, a building complex, or the like) through a long-range plan that balances and harmonizes all elements: The engineers master-planned the island to provide for increases in the tourist population.
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master plan
 
—n
a comprehensive long-term strategy

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Example sentences
The firm designed a master plan for the campus, based on pedestrian-friendly
  spaces, but it was never followed.
Cities grew gradually, with no great master plan, as the unspoken collective
  expression of the people who lived there.
The mayor might want to implement his master plan, he might want to come and
  destroy my house.
Let each family member make a list of his or her priorities for rides and
  shows, and use this to create the master plan.
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