A strategy whereby the defenders keep playing cards that declarer must ruff until declarer runs out of trumps and the defenders gain control.
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South plays in 5♦. West leads a spade at trick one and continues spades after getting in with the ♦A and ♣K. Having started with two trumps more than West, ruffing three times means that declarer ends up with one trump fewer and the contract fails.