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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a tricky move" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action or decision that is difficult, deceptive, or requires skill to execute successfully.
Example: "In chess, playing the knight in that position was a tricky move that caught my opponent off guard."
Alternatives: "a clever maneuver" or "a difficult tactic."
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Adams's 44 Qc5 was a tricky move.
But that would be a tricky move right now.
Making a chess movie is a tricky move.
West led the diamond king, a tricky move that often helps the defense.
Like gymnasts, they prepare for a tricky move with a visible thrust and then execute it with impressive silkiness.
But it's a tricky move, out of a team of highly skilled staff in a professional kitchen and into a school setting where staff are traditionally low-paid and low-skilled.
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He now promises audiences never to tell a lie, talks about campaign finance reform and portrays himself as the anti-establishment outsider, an especially tricky move for a candidate seen so frequently in the company of Strom Thurmond.
"It's not something you can describe; you have to show it," said Sarah Esserman, 20, a Texan who was practicing the tricky move in a dress as stiff as a meringue and as heavy as a truckload of them.
If he decides to return the punt, he doesn't depend on any tricky moves.
"It's hard to say to what extent her tricky move played a role," Ms. Uralskaya said, referring to her jump to the Bolshoi.
Quoting your own old oratory is a tricky rhetorical move.
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