manoeuvre
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Definitions ofmanoeuvre
- The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
Example: "Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics."
- Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
- A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
- A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
- A controlled (especially skilful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.
Example: "Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver."
- To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
- To guide, steer, manage purposefully
- To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
Example: "The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts"
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