ability action ad hoc measure answer artifice capacity capital contrivance countermove coup course of action demarche device devices disposable resources dodge effort expedient funds gimmick improvisation jury-rig jury-rigged expedient last expedient last resort last shift makeshift maneuver means measure method move pis aller power recourses resort resorts resource resources shake-up shift solution step stock stopgap stratagem stroke stroke of policy supply tactic temporary expedient trick trump ways ways and means wherewith wherewithal working hypothesis working proposition