stage-manage (English, verb)
expansion: stage-manage (third-person singular simple present stage-manages, present participle stage-managing, simple past and past participle stage-managed)
Senses:
glosses: To manage or organise the operation of a theatrical stage; to act as stage manager.
tags: literally
glosses: To carefully control or direct (an event, operation, etc.) from the background, especially in a calculating manner, so as to achieve a particular desired appearance or outcome.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: stage-manages
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: stage-managing
tags: participle
present
form: stage-managed
tags: participle
past
form: stage-managed
tags: past