n.
1.an elaborate and systematic plan of action
2.a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
3.a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
4.an internal representation of the world
5.a schematic or preliminary plan scheme v.
1.form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
2.devise a system or form a scheme for
Idiom of the Day
take hold of (someone or something)
to get in control of someone or something
Something seemed to take hold of the man and he began to act very strange.