stage-manage

[ steyj-man-ij ]

/ ˈsteɪdʒˌmæn ɪdʒ /

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verb (used with object), stage-man·aged, stage-man·ag·ing.

to work as a stage manager for: When he wasn't acting, he stage-managed a repertory theater.

to arrange or stage in order to produce a theatrical or spectacular effect: The clients were most impressed with the way she stage-managed the whole presentation.

to arrange or direct unobtrusively or in secret: He stage-managed Mediterranean black-market operations from his secluded villa on the Riviera.

verb (used without object), stage-man·aged, stage-man·ag·ing.

to work as a stage manager.

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Origin of stage-manage

First recorded in 1875–80; back formation from stage manager

Words nearby stage-manage

stage-driver, stage effect, stage fright, stagehand, stage left, stage-manage, stage manager, stage pocket, stager, stage right, stage screw

How to use stage-manage in a sentence

Sputtering, I manage a few “hut-hut-huts” with the other students.
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But at this stage, he is either afraid or unable to get carried away by his thoughts.
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Whether he can do it on the national stage is the unanswered question.
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Instead, black models are required to remain meekly, silently off stage, waiting for a turn that may never come.
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It actually kept the government open all year and manage to pass something vaguely resembling a budget.
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But between the phase of schooling and the phase of adult learning there is an intermediate stage.
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In practice we find a good deal of technical study comes into the college stage.
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In Scotland and America that is distinguished and thought of clearly as the college stage.
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It was in the college stage that most of us made out our religion and made it real for ourselves.
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My schooling was shocking but, as a blessed compensation, my college stage was rather exceptionally good.
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British Dictionary definitions for stage-manage

stage-manage

verb

to work as stage manager for (a play, etc)

(tr) to arrange, present, or supervise from behind the scenesto stage-manage a campaign

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