Coup de main means a surprise attack or sudden action. The phrase literally means "blow of the hand" and comes from French.
Coup de main bedeutet ein überraschender Angriff oder eine plötzliche Aktion. Das bedeutet wörtlich "Schlag der Hand" und stammt aus dem Französischen.
| Front | coup de main \kood-uh-MAN*\ [* the last syllable is nasal] |
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| Back | noun A surprise attack or sudden action. [From French, literally "blow of the hand" (as opposed to from the artillery). Earliest documented use: 1759.] "This astonishing coup de main had results which were decisive on the development of the first day's fighting." |
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