manage up

English

Verb

manage up (third-person singular simple present manages up, present participle managing up, simple past and past participle managed up)

  1. (intransitive) To calculate one's interactions with someone above oneself in a hierarchy (often one's own manager) so as to try to guide them into choosing a certain option (narrow scope) or to guide them into doing a better job at their leadership of their subordinates (broader scope).
    Antonyms: manage (the usual way to express that concept), manage down (in some contexts)
    She felt compelled to manage up because her boss seemed to be missing the significance of the risk.
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