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noun 
  1. A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
  2. (often plural) A large movement of military troops.
The British army was on manoeuvres.
Translations: 
    verb (manoeuvres, manoeuvring, manoeuvred)
    1. (transitive) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
    Translations: 
    • French: manÅ�uvrer
    • Italian: manovrare
      (trans-mid)
    • Spanish: maniobrar
      (trans-bottom)
    Etymology: From French manoeuvre (noun) and manoeuvrer (verb), from Old French manovrer, from vulgar Latin
    • manuoperare, from Latin manu "by hand" + operari "to work".



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