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noun

Manoeuvre, Maneuver n.

Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.

verb

Manoeuvre, Maneuver v. t.

To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.

Manoeuvre, Maneuver v. i. (past & past part. maneuvered or manoeuvred; pres. part. maneuvering or manoeuvring)

To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with the intention of getting an advantage in attack or defense.

Hence: To make changes in one's approach to solving a problem, so as to achieve maximum advantage in a changing situation; used especially in competitive situations, as in politics, diplomacy, or sports.

To manage with address or art; to scheme.

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Etymology of 'Maneuver'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Maneuver" Quotes from Famous Books

... least left within the enclosure whose hearts leaped with involuntary elation at the success of the ape-man's maneuver, and one of them smiled openly. This was Ja-don, and the ...

— Tarzan the Terrible • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... come in to see him on some pretext, would maneuver round like a bird pretending to flutter away from the trap it has every intention of entering. But eleven o'clock of a wasted morning came and she did not appear. He went out to see if she was there—she must be sick; she could not be there or he would have heard from her. . ...

— The Grain Of Dust - A Novel • David Graham Phillips

... what I pretended to be, though a deep and intense passion, an almost ungovernable suspense, an icy sickening nausea abided with me. All I needed, all I wanted was to get Sampson and Wright together, or failing that, to maneuver into such position that I had any kind of a chance. Sampson's gun on the table made three distinct objects for me to watch and two ...

— The Rustlers of Pecos County • Zane Grey

... "to hear the watch-dog's honest bark." Jimmy and Spike found two watch-dogs' honest barks cloying. Spike intimated this by making a feverish dash for the open window. Unfortunately for the success of this maneuver, the floor of the room was covered not with a carpet but with tastefully scattered rugs, and underneath these rugs it was very highly polished. Spike, treading on one of these islands, was instantly undone. No power of ...

— The Intrusion of Jimmy • P. G. Wodehouse

... seconds she straightened, and one of the crew bethought himself of the pistol in the mate's cabin. He sighted on Tolto, clearly visible ahead. Before he could release the ray the ship went into another breath-taking maneuver. ...

— The Martian Cabal • Roman Frederick Starzl

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