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manage
 
VERB:1. To have charge of (the affairs of others): administer, administrate, direct, govern, head, run, superintend, supervise. See OVER. 2. To control the course of (an activity): carry on, conduct, direct, operate, run, steer. See OVER. 3. To progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances: do, fare, fend, get along, get by, muddle through, shift. Informal : make out. Idioms: make do, make shift. See THRIVE. 4. To control or direct the functioning of: operate, run, use, work. See CONTROL.
 
 
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