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A move so smooth it makes the rulebook look like a suggestion.
means A planned, skillful movement or action — often one that cleverly works around an obstacle or gains an advantage.
from From French manœuvre, built from Latin manu operari — 'to work by hand.' It began as a term for physically operating machinery and troops, especially the careful handwork of moving ships' rigging or armies across a field, before drifting into the figurative sense of any cunningly managed move.
- spelling trap
- two e's, zero common sense, infinite typos
- military roots
- from French manoeuvrer, literally to work by hand
- flattery version
- politicians call lying strategically a maneuver