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单词 jockey for position
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jockey for position

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Maneuver or manipulate for one's own benefit, as in The singers are always jockeying for position on stage. This expression, dating from about 1900, originally meant maneuvering a race horse into a better position for winning. It was transferred to other kinds of manipulation in the mid-1900s.

Words nearby jockey for position

jock, jockey, jockey box, jockey cap, jockey club, jockey for position, Jockey shorts, jock itch, jocko, Jock Scot, jockstrap
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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