wangle[verb]Synonyms: contrive, arrange, engineer, fiddle
(informal), fix
(informal), manipulate, manoeuvre, pull off
Related Words: outflank,
outgeneral,
outmaneuver,
overreach [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
wan‧gle /ˈwæŋɡ
əl/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: Perhaps from waggle]
informal to get something, or arrange for something to happen, by cleverly persuading or tricking someone
wangle something (out of somebody)
In the end she wangled an invitation.wangle your way out of/into something I wangled my way into art school. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲