maneuver
/məˈnuvɚ/ verb C1- To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
- To guide, steer, manage purposefully
- To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme · The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts
He/she/it maneuvers · Past maneuvered · Past participle maneuvered · -ing form maneuvering
Verb forms
- Base form
- maneuver
- He/she/it
- maneuvers
- Past
- maneuvered
- Past participle
- maneuvered
- -ing form
- maneuvering
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