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course of action

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1. Any sequence of activities that an individual or unit may follow.
2. A possible plan open to an individual or commander that would accomplish, or is related to the accomplishment of the mission.
3. The scheme adopted to accomplish a job or mission.
4. A line of conduct in an engagement.
5. A product of the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System concept development phase. Also called COA.
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Noun1.course of action - 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"
course
action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
blind alley - (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement; "all the clues led the police into blind alleys"; "so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley"
collision course - a course of action (following a given idea) that will lead to conflict if it continues unabated
path, way of life, way - a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"
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Considers it a reflection cast on the memory of the best of men, to suppose that his course of action toward the Misses Vanstone can be other than the course of action which his father pursued.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
When I have stated the case to Lady Verinder as the case now stands, and when I have told her plainly what course of action to take for the recovery of the Moonstone, the responsibility will be off my shoulders.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
What course of action could she determine upon, which could be adopted in eight-and-forty hours?
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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