manoeuvres

noun

  1. 1

    The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.

    Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.
  2. 2

    Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.

  3. 3

    A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.

  4. 4

    A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.

  5. 5

    A controlled (especially skilful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.

    Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver.

verb

  1. 1

    To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.

  2. 2

    To guide, steer, manage purposefully

  3. 3

    To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme

    The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts

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