Idiom
chess piece
Meaning
A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He felt like a chess piece in his boss's game.”
“The politician realized he was just a chess piece being moved around to help his party win the election.”
“She refused to remain a mere chess piece in their complex power struggle, choosing instead to take control of her own future.”
Examples
simple
“He felt like a chess piece in his boss's game.”
contextual
“The politician realized he was just a chess piece being moved around to help his party win the election.”
complex
“She refused to remain a mere chess piece in their complex power struggle, choosing instead to take control of her own future.”
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