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stage-managing

stage-managing is the present participle and gerund of stage-manage.

Meaning of stage-manage

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.
  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.
    • Bad practices were rife at the factory, but the boss stage-managed the inspectors' visit so that they did not see anything amiss.

Questions about stage-managing

What is stage-managing the present participle and gerund of?
Stage-managing is the present participle and gerund of stage-manage.

Words near stage-managing in the dictionary

  1. stage-manage
  2. stage-managed
  3. stage-manager
  4. stage-managers
  5. stage-manages
  6. stage-managing
  7. stage-phoner
  8. stage-phoners
  9. stage-settier
  10. stage-settiest
  11. stage-setty

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