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  • jockey for position — If a number of people want the same opportunity and are struggling to emerge as the most likely candidate, they are jockeying for position …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • jockey for position — verb a) To try to get ones horse into a better position during a horse race. b) To try to come out ahead in a competition for something specific or put oneself in a more favourable position generally …   Wiktionary

  • jockey for position —    If a number of people want the same opportunity and are struggling to emerge as the most likely candidate, they are jockeying for position.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Jockey for position —   If a number of people want the same opportunity and are struggling to emerge as the most likely candidate,they are jockeying for position …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • jockey for position (to) —  Promote and sell oneself or one’s products in order to compete (horse racing).  ► “Gordon’s innovations in customer service and management are 2 key factors that keep Bell Atlantic in a strong leadership stance, as the competition jockeys for… …   American business jargon

  • jockey for position — idi to maneuver so as to seek an advantage …   From formal English to slang

  • jockey — has the plural form jockeys as a noun, and as a verb (used especially in the expression jockey for position) has inflected forms jockeys, jockeyed, jockeying …   Modern English usage

  • Jockey International — Logo Jockey International, Inc. is a manufacturer, distributor and retailer of underwear, sleepwear for men, women, and children. The company is based in Kenosha, Wisconsin.[1][2] Jockey is known for having i …   Wikipedia

  • jockey — I n. a disc (BE), disk (AE) jockey II v. 1) (D; intr.) to jockey for (to jockey for position) 2) (d; tr.) to jockey into (to jockey smb. into position) * * * [ dʒɒkɪ] disk (AE) jockey a disc (BE) (D; intr.) to jockey for (to jockey for position) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • jockey — /ˈdʒɒki / (say jokee) noun (plural jockeys) 1. someone who professionally rides horses in races. 2. someone accompanying a taxidriver who, if a potential passenger gives a destination which does not suit the driver, pretends that they have… …  

  • jockey — I. noun (plural jockeys) Etymology: Jockey, Scots nickname for John Date: 1643 1. a person who rides or drives a horse especially as a professional in a race 2. a person who operates or works with a specified vehicle, device, object, or material… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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