English Explanatory Dictionary

keep your friends close, and your enemies closer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. One should be politic to the point of employing duplicity, lulling one's enemies into a false sense of collaboration.

Word forms

keep your friends close, and your enemies closer

Related words

frenemies
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