hammer and anvil (English, noun)
expansion: hammer and anvil (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A tactic involving the use of two primary forces, one to pin down an enemy and the other to encircle him.
tags: uncountable
glosses: A two-pronged method that is commonly deployed, or the two mechanisms used to carry it out.
tags: broadly
figuratively
uncountable
Forms: