Fabian tactics

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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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Fabian tactics

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

This success so strengthens my power with the staff and the premier that I need not wait on Fabian tactics.

From The Last Shot by Frederick Palmer

The plan was a good one, but Kaba Rega, by having recourse to his old Fabian tactics, again baffled it.

From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Demetrius Charles Boulger

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 Lothrop Stoddard

It was to these Fabian tactics that the Republicans were to bend all their efforts in order to avoid a formal declaration of war.

From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Gilbert Chinard

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