n. 25B6; verb
I manoeuvred the car into the space : STEER, guide, drive, negotiate, navigate, pilot, direct, manipulate, move, work, jockey.
he manoeuvred things to suit himself : MANIPULATE, contrive, manage, engineer, devise, plan, fix, organize, arrange, set up, orchestrate, choreograph, stage-manage; informal wangle.
he began manoeuvring for the party leadership : INTRIGUE, plot, scheme, plan, lay plans, conspire, pull strings.
25B6; noun
a tricky parking manoeuvre : OPERATION, exercise, activity, move, movement, action.
diplomatic manoeuvres : STRATAGEM, tactic, gambit, ploy, trick, dodge, ruse, plan, scheme, operation, device, plot, machination, artifice, subterfuge, intrigue.
military manoeuvres : TRAINING EXERCISES, exercises, war games, operations.