Definition of manages:
(v) :
(transitive) To direct or be in charge of.
(v) :
(transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job).
(v) :
(intransitive) To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty. [with infinitive]
(v) :
(ambitransitive) To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.
(v) :
(ironic) To end up doing something that could or should have been avoided.
(v) :
(transitive) To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc.