Fabian tactics

Cultural  

1. To “win like Fabius” or to win by “Fabian tactics” is to wear out an opponent by delay and evasion rather than confrontation, in the style of the ancient Roman general Fabius.

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Example Sentences

Instead, the Russian commander, Mikhail Kutuzov, of necessity adopted Fabian tactics, harassing the invaders but avoiding pitched battle when possible.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2010

Progressing we certainly are, but the devil has adapted the Fabian tactics and is leading us a wild dance through unprofitable deserts.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper

In Nova Scotia a similar fate was averted only by Tupper's Fabian tactics.

From The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor by Skelton, Oscar Douglas

A second campaign by the king in the autumn was defeated, like that of the previous year, through bad weather and the Fabian tactics of the Welsh.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

These Fabian tactics as regards open warfare do not mean that the Senussi are idle.

From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Stoddard, Lothrop