7
fiddle(verb, touch, have, handle, feel)
7
finesse(verb, move, take, change, work)
7
keep in line(verb, expression, idiom, act together)
7
knead(verb, work, press, touch, influence)
7
misrepresent(verb, alter, shuffle, falsify, distort)
7
palpate(verb, meet, touch, hit, smooth)
7
paw(verb, meet, touch, hit, smooth)
7
steer(verb, take, control, go, change)
7
swing(verb, form, take, control, get)
7
take advantage of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, control)
7
treat(verb, take, study, control, work)
6
doctor(verb, move, cause, direct, plan)
6
fix(verb, form, get, develop, complete)
6
fudge
6
jockey(verb, move, take, change, work)
6
meet(verb, touch, hit, smooth, strike)
6
move(verb, control, go, change, work)
6
palm(verb, meet, touch, hit, smooth)
6
pull wires(verb, expression, idiom, change, work)
6
scheme(verb, move, cause, direct, plan)
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