council of war
noun [C] UKDefinition
› a meeting held to decide what action to take in a serious or difficult situation: Parents are holding a council of war to decide what to do about the threatened closure of the school.Official meetingsMeeting people
(Definition of council of war noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- AGM noun
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- assizes noun
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