Manoeuvring

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A manoeuvre.

    "The immediate consequence of the high-wire political manoeuvrings of the past two weeks is that today MPs are returning to a destabilized Parliament."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of manoeuvre form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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tacticartificechannelisechannelizecontrivedemarche

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""What! it's you, mademoiselle?" said Mouret, whom Denise despite all her manoeuvring found before her on the staircase, a small pocket-candleholder in his hand."

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