maneuvering

/M AH0 N UW1 V ER0 IH0 NG/
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

    โ€œThe patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key postsโ€

noun
  1. 1

    (gerund of maneuver) An act in which something or someone maneuvers

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