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Vmtnezgil Posted 22 years ago
Vocabulary

Manage around

what's its meaning in the below sentence?

"I think we should try to manage around needing to do this now"

thanks in advance
  

Top answer

Two possible interpretations We should plan a way of continuing without having to do 'this' (whatever it is) at the moment (manage around as in strategically plan how to get around doing something). Or, We need to do 'this' now so let's plan, taking 'this' into account.

— Nona the brit

  • Two possible interpretations We should plan a way of continuing without having to do 'this' (whatever it is) at the moment (manage around as in strategically plan how to get around doing something).
  • Or, We need to do 'this' now so let's plan, taking 'this' into account.
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Two possible interpretations

We should plan a way of continuing without having to do 'this' (whatever it is) at the moment (manage around as in strategically plan how to get around doing something).

Or,

We need to do 'this' now so let's plan, taking 'this' into account.
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Hello V. and NtB

I find that 'manage around' has a slightly sly, almost ironic overtone: as if it's
always enclosed in inverted commas.

'Manage around needing to do this' for me means 'avoid doing this in a
discreet way so no one notices...'.

Is that your experience?

MrP
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That was my first thought too, hence my first option, but then without knowing the context I also thought that it could possibly be a straight intent to work around 'it'.
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Thanks to both, MrP's interpretation and 1st thought of nona fit nicely in the context (that sometimes is hard to fully reflect in the posts...)
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...anyway, it's interesting and a signal to be careful in English as I understand the 2nd thought of nona would be, for the same sentence, just the opposite!!
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