manoeuvrenoun
UK US maneuver uk/məˈnuː.vər/us/məˈnuː.vɚ/manoeuvre noun (MOVEMENT)
[ C ] a movement or set of movements needing skill and care:
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General words for movement
- betake
- budge
- budge up
- circulate
- come
- gangway!
- go around
- head
- locomotion
- mill around
- mobility
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- move
- round
- slip
- steer
- stir
- sway
- travel
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manoeuvre noun (MILITARY OPERATION)
[ C usually plural ] a planned and controlled movement or operation by the armed forces for training purposes and in war:
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Military training & ceremonies
- assault course
- attention
- civil defence
- drill
- ease
- fall
- fall in
- fatigue
- garrison
- national service
- pass
- pass out
- passing-out
- recon
- reconnaissance
- reveille
- review
- route march
- salute
- troop
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manoeuvre noun (CLEVER ACTION)
[ C ] a cleverly planned action that is intended to get an advantage:
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Acting and acts
- (your) every move idiom
- -ation
- act/do sth on your own responsibility idiom
- action
- activity
- agency
- ant
- be up to sth idiom
- feel
- gambit
- get around to sth
- give yourself over/up to sth
- go about sth
- go about your business idiom
- go through with sth
- hand
- manoeuvring
- money
- talk the talk idiom
- up to
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Idiom(s)
manoeuvreverb
UK US maneuver uk/məˈnuː.vər/us/məˈnuː.vɚ/manoeuvre verb (MOVE)
[ I or T ] to turn and direct an object:
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Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- bung
- change sth around
- clap
- consign
- consign sb/sth to sth
- fit
- perch
- pop
- position
- sandwich sb/sth between sb/sth
- sandwich sth together
- set sb down
- set sth down
- shelve
- shove
- stand
- stuff
- whack
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manoeuvre verb (MAKE SB DO STH)
[ T ] to try to make someone act in a particular way:
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Affecting and influencing
- across-the-board
- act
- affect
- applicability
- be/fall under sb's influence/spell idiom
- bear on sth
- cross
- force
- inroad
- inspiration
- instrumental
- jerk
- lead 1
- leave your/its mark on sb/sth idiom
- thing
- tilt the balance/scales idiom
- turn sb's head idiom
- unlock
- warp
- work against/for sb
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