manoeuvre
- n a plan for attaining a particular goal
- n a military training exercise
- n a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- n a move made to gain a tactical end
- n an action aimed at evading an opponent
- v act in order to achieve a certain goal
- v direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- v perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
- The most effective answer would be the counter-manoeuvre of our own armoured forces.
- Nor is there warrant for the contention that recognition of the Central People's Government would give American policy-makers and negotiators greater latitude for manoeuvre .
- For any ordinary business to close down its branch agencies and call in all its salesmen would be regarded as a suicidal manoeuvre, and especially so when the territory in which .