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1 wangle
wangle ○B vtr carotter ○ [gift] ; réussir à obtenir [leave, meeting] ; to wangle sth out of sb soutirer qch à qn [job, money, promise] ; he wangled £10 out of me il m'a soutiré 10 livres ; to wangle sth for sb arranger qch à qn ○ ; can you wangle me a ticket? est-ce que tu peux m'avoir un ticket? ; she wangled me an invitation elle a réussi à m'avoir une invitation ; to wangle it for sb to do s'arranger pour que qn fasse ; can you wangle it for me? tu peux m'arranger ça ○ ? ; to wangle sb into doing persuader qn de faire ; to wangle one's way into réussir à s'introduire dans [club, building]. -
2 finagle
1 ( wangle) se débrouiller pour avoir [grade, ticket etc] ;2 ( trick) to finagle sb into doing se débrouiller pour que qn fasse.
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