Fabian tactics

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.

Example Sentences

Thus greatly outnumbered, Maceo wisely resorted not so much to guerrilla warfare as to what may be called Fabian tactics.

From Project Gutenberg

These Fabian tactics do not mean that the Sennussi are idle.

From Project Gutenberg