maneuver
muh nooh ver
- n a military training exercise
- n a plan for attaining a particular goal
- n a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
he made a great maneuver - n a move made to gain a tactical end
- n an action aimed at evading an opponent
- v direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- v act in order to achieve a certain goal
He maneuvered to get the chairmanship
She maneuvered herself into the directorship - v perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
- I will never forget a visit to Krefeld where we tried to outwit an angry mob of protesters with a decoy motorcadea maneuver which met with a spectacular lack of success.
- In 2002 the Marines abandoned the requirement that the planes be capable of autorotating (as the maneuver is called), with unpowered but spinning helicopter blades slowly letting .
- The maneuver gained him a head start on the rush of students down the center aisle.