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manukāhaki

1. (verb) (-tia) to deceive the enemy by feigning flight.

Ko te momo pakanga i whakaritea e Uetaha mō tana ope, ko te manukahaki. Ko tēnei tikanga he poapoa i te hoariri, kia tōia ai tōna ope tauā (Te Ara 2011). / The battle strategy arranged by Uetaha for his force was to draw out the enemy forces until they were thin and straggling, and then mount a counter-attack.

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