1) Controls 2) Copes 3) Does ok 4) Gets by 5) Handles 6) Makes do 7) Operates 8) Runs 9) Tends 1) Copes 2) Gets by 3) Makes ends meet 4) Oversees 5) Runs 6) Runs the business 
manage, manages, managing, managed 1. To direct or control the use of; to handle: to manage a complex machine tool. 2. To exert control over: `Managing the news... is the oldest game in town” (James Reston). `A major crisis to be managed loomed on the horizon.” 3. To make submissive to one's authority, discipline, or persuasion. 4. To direct ...