0 present participle of jockey --
1 to attempt to get power or get into a better position than other people using any methods you can: --
In shire county halls, all three parties are jockeying for position.
They fear that such a step would mean more jockeying for position and a further moving about of personnel.
The same jockeying for position that has gone on for the last half century is going on there to-day.
There is a lot of jockeying for position on the question of abolition of tests.
The horse-trading for office would mean that implementing crucial manifesto commitments would take second place to jockeying for positions of power and influence.
I am sure that there will be a lot of jockeying and discussions before there is again a ban on tests.
There will always be jockeying for advantage among competitive broadcasters.
Unfortunately, the opening declaration was indicative of the kind of political jockeying for position that was to take place at the conference.
