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managed up

managed up is the simple past and past participle of manage up.

Meaning of manage up

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).
    • She felt compelled to manage up because her boss seemed to be missing the significance of the risk.
    Antonyms:
    manage, manage down

Questions about managed up

What is managed up the simple past and past participle of?
Managed up is the simple past and past participle of manage up.

Words near managed up in the dictionary

  1. managed out
  2. managed pub
  3. managed pubs
  4. managed retreat
  5. managed retreats
  6. managed up
  7. managed with
  8. managee
  9. managees
  10. manageesh
  11. manageless

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