"stage-manage" meaning in All languages combined

See stage-manage on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: stage-manages [present, singular, third-person], stage-managing [participle, present], stage-managed [participle, past], stage-managed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} stage-manage (third-person singular simple present stage-manages, present participle stage-managing, simple past and past participle stage-managed)
  1. (literally) To manage or organise the operation of a theatrical stage; to act as stage manager. Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-stage-manage-en-verb-RODMb7TK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14
  2. (figuratively) To carefully control or direct (an event, operation, etc.) from the background, especially in a calculating manner, so as to achieve a particular desired appearance or outcome. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-stage-manage-en-verb-ynHbZv9Y

Inflected forms

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