jockey for position
Vie for advantage
To jockey for position is to maneuver competitively to gain advantage, like horses and riders crowding for favorable placement during a race.
The phrase applies to any situation where multiple parties vie for limited opportunity: Candidates jockeyed for position ahead of the primary.
Tech companies are jockeying for position in the AI market.
Ongoing contest between opponents
- raceCompetition of speed
- contestOrganized competitive event
- challengeTest of ability
- opponentOne who contends against
adversary · vying · struggle · clash · dominance · prevail · triumph · defeat
rivalry
Ongoing contest between opponents
opponent · adversary · vying · struggle · clash · dominance · prevail · triumph · defeat · victory
strategize
Devise a plan
- outmaneuverDefeat through superior tactics
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- navigateGuide through terrain
angle · jostle · elbow · sidestep · advance · calculated · cunning · wriggle · finagle · scheming
- Horse Idiomshold your horses, dark horse, high horse, straight from the horse's mouth, horse sense
- racing termsbackstretch, checkered flag, daily double, dead heat, exacta
jockey for positionstand aside
Move out of path
step back · disengage · sit idly by · opt out · go with the flow
jockey, position, jockeys, jockeyed, jockeying, positions, positioned, positioning, positional