Collocations for "manager"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "manager" in context.
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manager
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [sales, accounts, logistics, finance, marketing, personnel, project] manager
- the [department, store, warehouse, shop, bar, restaurant, front-house, bank] manager
- the manager of the [department]
- the [deputy, assistant, trainee] manager
- the [team, group's, band, star's] manager
- [let me, I want to] talk to your manager!
- UK: [speak, report] to your line manager
- a [file, database, music, media, photo] manager
- [is, works as, is employed as] a [sales, store] manager
- was [promoted to, hired as] the (sales) manager
- the manager is [responsible for, in charge of]
- asked her manager for a [raise, day off, promotion]
- the manager of the [track, soccer, volleyball] team
- is both (the) owner and (the) manager
'manager' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
account
- administration
- advertising
- assess
- assistant
- associate
- bank
- branch
- campaign
- candidate
- caretaker
- casting
- catering
- chain
- chew
- city
- complain
- contact
- content
- creative
- cue
- defendant
- delegate
- deputy
- device
- discharge
- district
- diving
- dock
- door
- download
- dump
- ear
- engaged
- escalate
- evaluation
- event
- extensive
- fairness
- fast
- festival
- finance
- fired
- firing
- fleet
- function
- fund
- general
- grill
- hands-on