单词 | wangle |
释义 | wangle From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwanglewan‧gle /ˈwæŋɡəl/ verb [transitive]informalGET to get something, or arrange for something to happen, by cleverly persuading or tricking someonewangle 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.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuswangle• I wangled an interview with her once, in her office on the west end of the island.• Some of them had no doubt spent most of the preceding year trying to wangle an invitation to play in the pro-am.• Gail has wangled it so that we can get in without tickets.• He came to wangle your legacy from you and you refused.wangle something (out of somebody)• Tanner managed to wangle a pay raise out of him.• He came to wangle your legacy from you and you refused.• I wangled an interview with her once, in her office on the west end of the island.• Some of them had no doubt spent most of the preceding year trying to wangle an invitation to play in the pro-am.Origin wangle (1800-1900) Perhaps from waggle |
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