jockey for position

English

Verb

jockey for position (third-person singular simple present jockeys for position, present participle jockeying for position, simple past and past participle jockeyed for position)

1. To try to get one's horse into a better position during a horse race.
2. (figuratively) To try to come out ahead in a competition for something specific or put oneself in a more favourable position generally.