to maneuver
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6.3
- verb
- /məˈnuːvər/
- US
:
maniobrar
- As a result, the pragmatic neoliberal coalition began to maneuver to extract economic policy concessions from Alianza Democratica.
- room to maneuver
- maneuver into position
- freedom to maneuver
Well, how do we maneuver in this new situation?
- Well, how do we maneuver in this new situation?
- to out maneuver, to outfight the enemy.
- You know, you know things and that's not how she maneuvers.
- But if you try to maneuver, you're just kind of dancing in their sights.
- So that's at the front of the brain and that's to do with being able to sort of manoeuvre your way through the complexities of social life.
- Finally out playing and out maneuvering them, figuring out how they think, getting ahead of them.
- So in a sense they were out maneuvered out politics.
- It was just everything and not knowing how to maneuver.
Examples
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Well, how do we maneuver in this new situation?
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Nasser was initially unwilling to chain himself to any major power, instead maneuvering adroitly between Washington and Moscow.
Academic text (2014) -
Well, how do we maneuver in this new situation?
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I really wish you would stop trying to maneuver me.
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The housing authority manager tells the man how to maneuver through the proper channels.
Fiction book (1996) -
You're trying to maneuver yourself into a state of mind that you know is your highest function level.
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He's trying to take advantage of it to maneuver his way into a title fight.
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First, the Kohl-led coalition government has very little room to maneuver because of its fragile majority.
Academic text (1998) -
Nonetheless, each tribe is maneuvering to exploit NAGPRA for its own advantage.
Academic text (2009) -
In order to win the negotiation, she had to skillfully maneuver her arguments to appeal to their interests.
Synonyms
To act skillfully to reach a goal in work or politics
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
5
4.1
An emergency action that pushes a person's stomach to remove something when they cannot breathe
- Specialized
1
6.5
A planned move to gain an advantage, for example in chess or sport
How Strategic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Maneuver comes from manus 'hand' and the idea of handling a situation with care. So to maneuver in business or politics is to plan and move carefully, like arranging things by hand to reach a goal.