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How to pronounce “ruse”
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Pronunciation guide for ruse
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of ruse with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work
This was all just a ruse to teach you a lesson
- Definition summary
- (countable, often hunting, archaic, rare) A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
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How to pronounce ruse
The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work

This was all just a ruse to teach you a lesson
Example Sentences
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (countable, often hunting, archaic, rare) A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
- (countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.
- (uncountable) Cunning, guile, trickery.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To deceive or trick using a ruse.
- (intransitive, hunting, archaic, rare) Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.
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