brinkmanship
SalesLv.4 (900)noun
Definition
the practice of pushing a risky situation to the edge to gain an advantage
Examples
His brinkmanship nearly wrecked the deal.
The talks descended into last-minute brinkmanship.
Collocations
negotiating brinkmanshipa game of brinkmanshiprisky brinkmanship
Paraphrase
hardball tacticsedge-pushing