(n) means
way
measure
(P)
(n) conventional means
usual means
(n) coercive (high-handed) measure
strong-arm method
(n) tough measure
firm step
strong measure
(n) method of payment
(n,vs) measures to defend oneself (for self-defense) (defence)
(n) one's habitual practice (practise)
usual measure
(n) one's usual practice
one's old trick
one's usual modus operandi
the same old tactic
(n) alternative means (alternate)
alternative method
(n) means of communication
(n) emergency measures
(n) legal means
legal methods
legal measures
(n) violent means
(n) preventive measure
(n) ruse
trick
deception tactics
(n) means of cajolement (trickery)
(n) clever trick
(n) (comp) real tester
(n) one's habitual practice (practise)
usual measure
(n) (comp) lower tester
(exp) to take steps (measures)
(exp) to try everything
to leave no stone unturned
(n) (comp) upper tester
(exp) by any means, fair or foul
(exp) to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end