jockey

jockeying for a promotion.

jockey sb.out of sth.

the Wantage jockey was leading the field.

jockeyed the car into a tight space.

jockeys maneuvering for position.

a bus jockey; a computer jockey; a jet jockey.

both men will be jockeying for the two top jobs.

he jockeyed his machine into a dive.

he lucked into a disc-jockey job.

a hodman is an architect, a jockey is a sportsman, a wood-louse is a pterigybranche.

a jockey who never quite clicked with the racing public.

He jockeyed the poor woman out of her savings.

Although favorite to win the race, the champion jockey had an off day and was unplaced.

the jockey's injuries forced him to give up the coveted mount on Cool Ground.

Although favourite to win the race, the champion jockey had an off day and was unplaced .

No trope of stagecraft went unexplored this week as the United States jockeyed for advantage in a high-level economic dialogue with China.