rule of engagement

English

Noun

rule of engagement (plural rules of engagement)

  1. (military, law enforcement, chiefly in the plural) An internal rule among a military, police, etc. force defining the circumstances in which and manner with which to use force.
  2. (figurative, transferred sense) An implied set of rules for when to undertake a certain approach.

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