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divide and conquer/rule

a way of keeping yourself in a position of power by making the people under you disagree with each other so that they are unable to join together and remove you from your position A small minority have continued to govern by a policy of divide and conquer.

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Their policy of divide and rule may work in other areas, but it won't wash in Klondyke. Residents answer back; You Say by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) They cannot use us any more for their own petty gains, he said and cautioned traders against policy of divide and rule. Trader leader delays hunger strike by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan) His tactics appear to be divide and rule, and he has managed to upset all with his attitude. Wilde alienating all; LETTERS by The Racing Post (London, England)			disposal dispose dispose of dispossess of dispute dispute with disqualify for dissatisfied with dissolve into distance Distance lends enchantment distill from distraction distribute distribute over distribute to ditch dive dive in with both feet dive into dive off diverge from divert from divide divide and conquer Divide and rule divide by divide fifty-fifty divided divided on dixie do a double take do a favor do a favour do a job on do a kindness do a land-office business do a mischief do a moonlight flit do a number on do a one-eighty do a power of good do a roaring trade do a slow burn do a takeoff on do a world of good do any favours do anything by halves Do as I say, not as I do do away with do battle			Divida flutuante Divida garantida Divida incobravel Divida privilegiada Divida subjacente Divida subordinada dividable dividable dividable dividable dividable Dividant divide divide divide divide divide divide Divide & Conquer divide according to rule divide and bestow in shares Divide and conquer Divide and conquer Divide and conquer Divide and conquer Divide and conquer Divide and conquer Divide and conquer algorithm Divide and Delegate Divide and Dump Divide and rule divide by divide check Divide County Divide County, ND Divide County, North Dakota Divide et impera divide fifty-fifty Divide Halfword divide in portions divide into distinct portions divide into parcels divide into portions divide into shares divide into two Divide Multiply Subtract Bring-Down Start Over Divide Multiply Subtract Compare Bring-Down Start-Over divide off divide on divide out Divide overflow divide proportionally Divide Register Divide sign

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divide and conquer (redirected from Divide and rule)

divide and conquer
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