maneuver
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From Middle French manoeuvre (“‘manipulation, maneuver’”) (noun) and manœuvrer (verb), from Old French maneuvre, from Vulgar Latin *manuoperari, from Latin manu (“‘by hand’”) + operari (“‘to work (deponent)’”)
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maneuver (plural maneuvers)
- (US) A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
- Parallel parking may be the least favorite safe maneuver
- (US, often plural) A large training field exercise of military troops.
- The American army was on maneuvers.
- Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactiscs and logistics
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a movement, often one performed with difficulty
a large training exercise of military troops
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to maneuver (third-person singular simple present maneuvers, present participle maneuvering, simple past and past participle maneuvered)
- (US) (transitive) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
- (figuratively) (transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
- (figuratively) (intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
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- The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts
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to move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position
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to guide, steer, manage purposefully
(intransitive) to intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
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