manage
/ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒ/ verb A2- To direct or be in charge of. · Even though Jack is a novice, he manages his team with great success.
- To handle or control (a situation, job). · The government managed the inflation very poorly.
- To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
- To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty. · He managed to climb the tower.
- To end up doing something that could or should have been avoided. · She somehow managed to sit on the wet paint.
- To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help. · It's a tough job, but I'll manage.
- To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc. · "That's nice, dear!", she managed.
- To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
He/she/it manages · Past managed · Past participle managed · -ing form managing
Verb forms
- Base form
- manage
- He/she/it
- manages
- Past
- managed
- Past participle
- managed
- -ing form
- managing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Do you think you could manage it?) “And what an ignorant little girl she’ll think me for asking!
I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself about you: you must manage the best way you can;—but I must be kind to them,” thought Alice, “or perhaps they won’t walk the way I want to go!
And she went on planning to herself how she would manage it.
“Why,” said the Dodo, “the best way to explain it is to do it.” (And, as you might like to try the thing yourself, some winter day, I will tell you how the Dodo managed it.)
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