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Movement with an agenda, where every step is secretly a plan.
means Deliberate, often skillful moves made to achieve a goal, whether by tanks, dancers, or office politicians.
from From French manoeuvre, itself from Latin manu operari, to work by hand — once literally manual labor, now mostly tactical.
Military rootOriginally meant large-scale practice troop movements.
Spelling splitBrits keep the French maneuvre flourish.
Driving testThree-point turns count, sadly, as maneuvers.