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| обозначать свою позицию (Obama generally starts talking tough only to draw a line in the sand, erase it and then keep conceding ground to his opponents until they get most of what they want. iVictorr) | |||
| дать зарок (SergeiAstrashevsky); заречься (SergeiAstrashevsky) | |||
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| определить ожидаемые результаты (fluent) | |||
поставить ультиматум (to create or declare an artificial boundary and imply that crossing it will cause trouble.  thefreedictionary.com Pooh) | |||