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managing up

managing up is the present participle and gerund 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 managing up

What is managing up the present participle and gerund of?
Managing up is the present participle and gerund of manage up.

Words near managing up in the dictionary

  1. managing directors
  2. managing down
  3. managing editor
  4. managing editors
  5. managing out
  6. managing up
  7. managing with
  8. managings
  9. Manago
  10. Managos
  11. managu

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