All manoeuvre synonyms

verb manoeuvre

• manipulate — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
• plot — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
• scheme — a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
• contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
• plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
• beguile — If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
• finesse — extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
• play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• machinate — Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.
• exploit — Make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
• jockey — a person who rides horses professionally in races.
• navigate — to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
• operate — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
• angle — An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
• cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
• con — Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
• conspire — If two or more people or groups conspire to do something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it.
• cook — When you cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.
• design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
• devise — If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
• doctor — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
• engineer — A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works.
• fence — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
• finagle — to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
• intrigue — to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
• manage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
• move — to pass from one place or position to another.
• proceed — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
• rig — Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
• scam — a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
• sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
• shift — to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
• trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
• upstage — on or toward the back of the stage.
• wangle — to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation.
• work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.
• come up with — If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
• go around — an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
• leave holding the bag — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
• play games — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
• pull strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
• push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
• deploy — To deploy troops or military resources means to organize or position them so that they are ready to be used.
• handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
• negotiate — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
• steer — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
• wield — to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
• dispense — to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
• drive — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
• exercise — training, homework