plan A
Noun
Meaning
plan A (countable and uncountable, plural plan As)
One's original plan or approach (contrasted with plan B or plan C, as alternatives).
Examples
The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.
Plan A is to hitch a ride out of here. But if they want a war, then plan B is to win it.
I never plan a stanza, words cluster like chromosomes determining the procedure, later, I may influence or thin it.
The best time to plan a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.