pawn

noun [C] (GAME PIECE)

/pɔn/

Definition

› any of the eight least valuable pieces in the game of chess › A pawn is also a person who is controlled by others and used for their own advantage: She felt she had been used as a political pawn.

(Definition of pawn noun (GAME PIECE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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