"manage up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: manages up [present, singular, third-person], managing up [participle, present], managed up [participle, past], managed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} manage up (third-person singular simple present manages up, present participle managing up, simple past and past participle managed up)
  1. (intransitive) To calculate one's interactions with someone above oneself in a hierarchy (often one's own manager) so as to try to guide them into choosing a certain option (narrow scope) or to guide them into doing a better job at their leadership of their subordinates (broader scope). Tags: intransitive

Inflected forms

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