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Exact Match:

maneuver

an action aimed at evading an opponent

a move made to gain a tactical end

a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop"

a military training exercise

act in order to achieve a certain goal; "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship"

Synonyms:

• accomplished fact,
• accomplishment,
• achievement,
• act,
• act on,
• act upon,
• acta,
• action,
• ad hoc measure,
• adventure,
• amphibious operations,
• angle,
• answer,
• art,
• artful dodge,
• artifice,
• bank,
• be responsible for,
• bear a hand,
• beguile,
• blind,
• blow,
• bold,
• brew,
• cabal,
• call the signals,
• captain,
• carry on,
• carry out,
• carry through,
• chicanery,
• collude,
• combined operations,
• command,
• complot,
• concoct,
• conduct,
• connive,
• conspiracy,
• conspire,
• contrivance,
• contrive,
• control,
• convoy,
• cook up,
• countermine,
• countermove,
• counterplot,
• coup,
• courageous,
• course of action,
• crab,
• craft,
• cute trick,
• dauntless,
• deal with,
• dealings,
• deceit,
• deed,
• demarche,
• design,
• device,
• dip,
• direct,
• dispense,
• do something,
• do something about,
• dodge,
• doing,
• doings,
• drive,
• dry run,
• effort,
• endeavor,
• engineer,
• enterprise,
• execute a maneuver,
• expedient,
• exploit,
• fait accompli,
• fakement,
• fearless,
• feat,
• feather,
• feint,
• fetch,
• finagle,
• finesse,
• fishtail,
• fluid operations,
• frame,
• frame up,
• gambit,
• game,
• gerrymander,
• gest,
• get with it,
• gimmick,
• go,
• govern,
• grift,
• hand,
• handiwork,
• handle,
• hatch,
• hatch a plot,
• hatch up,
• head,
• head up,
• heave in together,
• improvisation,
• intrepid,
• intrigue,
• jig,
• job,
• jockey,
• jugglery,
• jury-rig,
• jury-rigged expedient,
• keep in formation,
• keep pointed,
• keep station,
• knavery,
• last expedient,
• last resort,
• last shift,
• lay a plot,
• lead,
• lead on,
• lift a finger,
• little game,
• logistics,
• loop,
• machinate,
• machination,
• maintain position,
• make go,
• make the rules,
• makeshift,
• manage,
• maneuvers,
• manful,
• manipulate,
• manipulation,
• mastermind,
• means,
• measure,
• military operations,
• minor operations,
• mission,
• move,
• movement,
• navigate,
• officer,
• operate,
• operation,
• operations,
• order,
• overseas operations,
• overt act,
• passage,
• perform on,
• performance,
• pilot,
• pis aller,
• plan,
• play,
• play games,
• plot,
• plow,
• ploy,
• ply,
• porpoise,
• practice,
• prescribe,
• procedure,
• proceed,
• proceed with,
• proceeding,
• production,
• pull out,
• pull strings,
• pull the strings,
• pull up,
• push down,
• quarterback,
• racket,
• red herring,
• regulate,
• res gestae,
• resort,
• resource,
• rig,
• roll,
• run,
• ruse,
• scheme,
• see to,
• shake-up,
• shift,
• sideslip,
• skid,
• skipper,
• sleight,
• solution,
• spin,
• spiral,
• staff work,
• steam in line,
• steer,
• step,
• stopgap,
• stratagem,
• strategy,
• strike a blow,
• stroke,
• stroke of policy,
• stunt,
• subterfuge,
• swing,
• tactic,
• take a hand,
• take action,
• take care of,
• take command,
• take measures,
• take steps,
• take the lead,
• temporary expedient,
• thing,
• thing done,
• tour de force,
• transaction,
• trick,
• trickery,
• trump,
• turn,
• unafraid,
• undaunted,
• undertaking,
• undulate,
• valiant,
• valorous,
• wangle,
• war game,
• war plans,
• wield,
• wile,
• wily device,
• work,
• working hypothesis,
• working proposition,
• works,
• yaw