Nudging things along.
Working it on the down low.
(Finagling
Machinations)
As above:rolleyes:
Also, wrangling.
Hard work
Thanks everyone. I think the word I was looking for was lobbying.
Sucks getting old, where I can’t remember such common words.
you want to be a Éminence grise, not a militating gadfly.
Revolting.
Oh yeah? Who paid you for it??
Doesn’t that require a rope?
Grassroots…
Yes, if you tilt your head to the right, that emoticon looks like a heart. Hence, I love you. However, I tend to look at it from the other direction, where it looks like a pair of tits. I’m not sure what signifies, but I’m ok if someone says that to me.
That’s such an ugly word.
Most every word can be used metaphorically, and we all know that a metaphor’s cows. So it all hangs together. Metaphorically.
I would say manipulate.