ALL meanings of stage-manage
stage-man·age
S s - verb with object stage-manage to work as a stage manager for: When he wasn't acting, he stage-managed a repertory theater. 1
- verb with object stage-manage 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. 1
- verb with object stage-manage to arrange or direct unobtrusively or in secret: He stage-managed Mediterranean black-market operations from his secluded villa on the Riviera. 1
- verb without object stage-manage to work as a stage manager. 1
- verb stage-manage If someone stage-manages an event, they carefully organize and control it, rather than letting it happen in a natural way. 0
- verb stage-manage to work as stage manager for (a play, etc) 0
- verb stage-manage to arrange, present, or supervise from behind the scenes 0
- verb transitive stage-manage to serve as stage manager for 0
- verb transitive stage-manage to arrange with dramatic effect, esp. as if from behind the scenes 0