This was an old ploy when she couldn't get her own way.
The message was an old ploy in machismo-fight tradition: stand and fight like a man.
The same old ploy, but it always worked.
It was an old medical-school ploy: try to stay on neutral ground rather than make a fool of yourself.
Another restaurant owner told me this was an old ploy.
It was an old ploy, and made Mac sigh.
They said the two hated each other, but that was an old ploy.
Democrats say that is an old ploy that will not work this year.
The father smiled at the thought of his son using an old ploy he had taught him so many years before.
It's an old ploy women use on men.