The president has so far managed to outmanoeuvre his critics.
In a thight situation, a sloop should try to outrun its enemy, using the ability to outmanoeuvre large vessels.
The quest for total knowledge, along with his own revolutionary credentials, enabled him to outmanoeuvre colleagues who wanted to preserve their own fiefdoms within the leadership.
As usual, a raft of management speak makes it into the dictionary, led by out-strategise: a verb by to outmanoeuvre (an opponent, rival, etc. ); to outdo in strategising.
