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单词 to manoeuvre one's way
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to manoeuvre one's way
a. intransitive. To move adroitly or stealthily; to work one's way into a position, past obstacles, etc. Also transitive in to manoeuvre one's way.
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1814 J. Austen Let. 18 Nov. (1995) 279 I had not to manoeuvre away from her.
1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 177 After manœuvring so as to get within shot, they fired, but merely wounded him [sc. a buffalo].
1879 J. Burroughs Locusts & Wild Honey 128 A dog..will manœuvre round the porcupine till he..fastens on his quill~less underbody.
1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 497/2 He had manœuvred his way into the Painted Chamber.
1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear i. iii. 51 The room was uncomfortably crowded with trashy furniture: one wanted space to move about—the voice was disturbingly convincing—to manœuvre in.
1987 R. Guy And I heard Bird Sing iii. 33 Imamu was back in the city, carefully manoeuvring through the traffic.
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