'course of action' definitions:
Definition of 'course of action'
(from WordNet)
noun
A mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place" [syn: course, course of action]
Synonyms of 'course of action'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- ad hoc measure,
- answer,
- artifice,
- contrivance,
- countermove,
- coup,
- demarche,
- device,
- dodge,
- effort,
- expedient,
- gimmick,
- improvisation,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged expedient,
- last expedient,
- last resort,
- last shift,
- makeshift,
- maneuver,
- means,
- measure,
- move,
- pis aller,
- resort,
- resource,
- shake-up,
- shift,
- solution,
- step,
- stopgap,
- stratagem,
- stroke,
- stroke of policy,
- tactic,
- temporary expedient,
- trick,
- trump,
- working hypothesis,
- working proposition