rule_of_thumb

[rule_of_thumb]

A rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior

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Noun
a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior


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Usage Examples

Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.

There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.

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Other Usage Examples

The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views are reflected by people in power.

Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didn't work for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four terms and a World War, it probably won't work for you either.

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