plan of action

Other forms: plans of action

Definitions of plan of action

1. noun

   a plan for actively doing something
   types:

   play

   a preset plan of action in team sports

   policy

   a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group

   battle plan

   plan for conducting a battle

   system

   a procedure or process for obtaining an objective

   maneuver, manoeuvre, tactic, tactics

   a plan for attaining a particular goal

   scheme, strategy

   an elaborate and systematic plan of action

   itinerary, travel plan

   a proposed route of travel

   initiative

   a new strategy or plan to solve a problem or improve a situation

   knock on

   (rugby) knocking the ball forward while trying to catch it (a foul)

   power play

   (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties

   football play

   (American football) a play by the offensive team

   razmataz, razzle, razzle-dazzle, razzmatazz

   any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent

   basketball play

   a play executed by a basketball team

   activism, social activism

   a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal

   beggar-my-neighbor policy, beggar-my-neighbor strategy, beggar-my-neighbour policy, beggar-my-neighbour strategy

   a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy

   credit system

   a system for allowing people to purchase things on credit

   legal system

   a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws

   pricing system

   a system for setting prices on goods or services

   promotion system

   a system for advancing participants to higher-status positions

   contrivance, dodge, stratagem

   an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

   counterterrorism

   a strategy intended to prevent crimes against civilians

   game plan

   (sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport

   game plan

   (figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs

   bubble, house of cards

   a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control

   playbook

   a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign

   game, plot, secret plan

   a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

   pyramid scheme

   a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit; when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure the scheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put in

   waiting game

   a strategy of delay

   wheeze

   (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick

   centralism

   the political policy of concentrating power in a central organization

   containment

   a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully

   moderationism

   the policy of being moderate or acting with moderation

   obscurantism

   a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge

   Thatcherism

   (England) the political policy of Margaret Thatcher

   ultramontanism

   (Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope

   incentive program, incentive scheme

   a formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something

   type of:

   plan, program, programme

   a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished