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elephant trap
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Meaning elephant trap meaning
What does elephant trap mean?
elephant trap
noun
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(literally) A trap to catch elephants.
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A trap which can easily be avoided by a competent person.
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A trap designed to prove that anyone who does fall into it is not a competent person.
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(chess) A faulty attempt by White to win a pawn in a popular variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined.
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