course of action

course of action
    n 1: 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" [syn: {course}, {course of action}]
    

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "course of action":
      action, ad hoc measure, answer, artifice, contrivance, countermove,
      coup, demarche, device, dodge, effort, expedient, gimmick,
      improvisation, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, last expedient,
      last resort, last shift, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, move,
      pis aller, resort, resource, shake-up, shift, solution, step,
      stopgap, stratagem, stroke, stroke of policy, tactic,
      temporary expedient, trick, trump, working hypothesis,
      working proposition