maneuver in Greek

(military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. [from 18th c.]

(medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments. [from 18th c.]

(ambitransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.

(figurative, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully