jockey for position (English, verb)
expansion: jockey for position (third-person singular simple present jockeys for position, present participle jockeying for position, simple past and past participle jockeyed for position)
Senses:
glosses: To try to get one's horse into a better position during a horse race.
glosses: To try to come out ahead in a competition for something specific or put oneself in a more favourable position generally.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: jockeys for position
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: jockeying for position
tags: participle
present
form: jockeyed for position
tags: participle
past
form: jockeyed for position
tags: past