manoeuvre

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1. manoeuvre - Noun

2. manoeuvre - Verb

Meaning

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

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

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

To manage with address or art; to scheme.

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

See Maneuver.

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Every manoeuvre must be the development of a scheme; it must aim at a goal. Ferdinand Foch

When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates, you have to think, 'You are a complete idiot.' Ken Livingstone

As those of us know who have taken part in battle, it is one thing to manoeuvre freely when secure in the knowledge that the man behind the gun is doing his best to miss us, but it is quite another thing when that same man is doing his utmost to liquidate you. Frederick E. Morgan

If an ordinary person is silent, it may be a tactical manoeuvre. If a writer is silent, he is lying. Jaroslav Seifert

The politicians pontificate and manoeuvre with eloquent manifestos and pronouncements saying little about the challenges we must confront. Joni Madraiwiwi

I was at Stalingrad, you know... And from that time onwards I have done nothing but manoeuvre to escape encirclement by the enemy: retreat on retreat, defeat upon defeat. And here I am in marvellous Paris. What do you think is going to happen now? Dietrich von Choltitz

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