"manage down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: manages down [present, singular, third-person], managing down [participle, present], managed down [participle, past], managed down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} manage down (third-person singular simple present manages down, present participle managing down, simple past and past participle managed down)
  1. (intransitive) To supervise or act as manager toward (someone) below oneself in a hierarchy. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-manage_down-en-verb-nZi0GrED Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down"

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