Collocations for "managing"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "managing" in context.
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manage
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- manage [a company, the staff, your workers, a team, the firm]
- manage a [star, singer, group, performer]
- [the singer, she] is managed by her [husband, father]
- manage and [control, operate, protect, maintain, present, monitor]
- manage your [profile, account, images]
- managed to [escape, survive]
- manage to [do, get, keep, go, finish, find, make]
- can't (quite) manage to
- can't (even) manage a (simple) [smile, hello]
- do you think you can manage?
- [can't, struggles to] manage on her own
- [poorly, well, expertly] managed
'managing' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
capability
- challenge
- chaos
- charged
- competence
- curb
- director
- editor
- express
- fleet
- flexible
- hack
- hands-on
- proposition
- recruitment
- skill
- skillful
- stressful
- switchboard