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reculer pour mieux sauter

/ʁə.ky.le puʁ mjø so.te/

verb/ʁə.ky.le puʁ mjø so.te/

to take a run-up so as to jump farther, to make a strategic retreat, to make a strategic withdrawal so as to come back stronger; to delay the inevitable, to put off the evil day