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      manage
      noun
      (equestrianism) Manège.
      (now rare) The act of managing or controlling something.
      verb
      (transitive) To direct or be in charge of.
      (transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job).
      (intransitive) To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty. [with infinitive]
      (ambitransitive) To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.
      (ironic) To end up doing something that could or should have been avoided.
      (transitive) To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc.
      (transitive) To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
      (transitive) To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
      (obsolete, transitive) To bring about; to contrive.
      (obsolete, transitive) To treat with care; to husband.
      Roots
      manusman- · Latin · hand
      Synonyms for manage
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