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Where does “駆け引き” come from?

駆け引き (Japanese) comes from Japanese 引き, from Japanese 引く — pull; pull ; drag; drag along; bring along while...

駆け引き (Japanese): the advance and retreat of troops: tactics; trick...

Definitions

  1. the advance and retreat of troops: tactics; trick...

Ancestry of “駆け引き”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese引きdiscount off a price
2Japanese引くpull; pull ; drag; drag along; bring along while...
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