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Manage   /mˈænədʒ/  /mˈænɪdʒ/   Listen
Manage

verb
(past & past part. managed; pres. part. managing)
1.
Be successful; achieve a goal.  Synonyms: bring off, carry off, negociate, pull off.  "I managed to carry the box upstairs" , "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it" , "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"
2.
Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.  Synonyms: care, deal, handle.  "This blender can't handle nuts" , "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
3.
Come to terms with.  Synonyms: contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out.  "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
4.
Watch and direct.  Synonyms: oversee, superintend, supervise.
5.
Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods.  Synonyms: finagle, wangle.
6.
Carry on or function.  Synonym: do.
7.
Handle effectively.  Synonyms: handle, wield.  "The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well"



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"Manage" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the newspapers would be more economical and quite as interesting. It is difficult to be "nice" and "funny," I know, and it was very noble of Miss WIGGIN if one quality had to be left out to cling to the niceness; but I hope that in her next book she will manage to ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 17, 1920 • Various

... products of the engine. The insurance companies guard the business-man's fortune from surprise, as the banks relieve him from drudgery; they put property and livelihood beyond the reach of accident: in other words, they manage the estates of the community so as to secure them from deterioration, and charge ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 • Various

... hard to manage," said the Doctor, with the wisp of a smile. "I don't. Go out; make some organization; represent us; make us proud of you; count for something! And remember one thing: if you want to set fire to Memorial Hall or to dynamite this study do it because you want to, and not because some ...
— The Varmint • Owen Johnson

... was joined by the other division of his forces. He placed the cavalry and light infantry that had been engaged, on the right wing; and ordered the targeteers, and the phalanx of Macedonians, to lay aside their spears, which their great length rendered unserviceable, and to manage the business with their swords: at the same time, that his line might not be easily broken, he lessened the extent of the front one half, and doubled the files within so that it might be deeper than it was broad. He ordered them also to close their files, ...
— History of Rome, Vol III • Titus Livius

... that it is impossible to manage them, without at times injuring or destroying some of the bees. The mere destruction of a few bees, would not, except on the score of humanity, be of much consequence, if it did not very materially increase the difficulty of managing them. Bees remember injuries done to any of their number, ...
— Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee - A Bee Keeper's Manual • L. L. Langstroth


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