-
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 wangle
( = get) se débrouiller pour avoir• can you wangle me a free ticket? est-ce que tu peux m'avoir un billet gratuit ?* * *1.(colloq) ['wæŋgl] noun ( trick) combine (colloq) f2.transitive verb carotter (colloq) [gift]; réussir à obtenir [leave, meeting]to wangle something out of somebody — soutirer quelque chose à quelqu'un [job, money, promise]
-
3 wangle
1 nouncombine f, embrouille f, truc m(obtain → through cleverness) se débrouiller pour avoir; (→ through devious means) resquiller, carotter;∎ can you wangle me an invitation? est-ce que tu peux m'avoir ou me dégotter une invitation?;∎ can you wangle it? est-ce que tu peux arranger ça?;∎ he wangled his way into the job c'est par combine qu'il a décroché le poste;∎ I wangled myself a trip to Rome je me suis débrouillé pour resquiller un voyage à Rome;∎ they wangled their way out of paying the fine ils se sont débrouillés pour ne pas payer l'amende
См. также в других словарях:
wangle — Synonyms and related words: angle, argue into, arouse, brew, bring forth, bring out, bring over, bring round, bring to light, bring to reason, cabal, call forth, call out, call up, captivate, charm, collude, complot, con, concoct, connive,… … Moby Thesaurus
wangle — [waŋ′gəl] vt. wangled, wangling [altered < ? WAGGLE] Informal 1. to get, make, or bring about by persuasion, influence, adroit manipulation, contrivance, etc. 2. to manipulate or change (statistics, accounts, etc.) for a selfish or dishonest… … English World dictionary
wangle — verb (T) informal to get something, or arrange for something to happen, by cleverly persuading or tricking someone: wangle sth out of sb: In the end she wangled an invitation out of them. | wangle it for sth to happen: I managed to wangle it for… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
wangle — wan|gle [ˈwæŋgəl] v [T] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from waggle] informal to get something, or arrange for something to happen, by cleverly persuading or tricking someone wangle sth (out of sb) ▪ In the end she wangled an invitation. wangle … Dictionary of contemporary English
wangle — 1. verb a) To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods: if a country such as China decided to wangle various concessions out of the US government [ … Wiktionary
wangle — v Informal. arrange, fix, machinate, manage, Inf. finagle, work, maneuver, bring off, Sl. pull off, U.S. Inf. swing; manipulate, pull strings or wires, influence, throw one s weight around; weasel [s.t.] out of [s.o.] get [s.t.] out of [s.o.] … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
draw out — Synonyms and related words: arouse, avulse, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, chatter, continue, cut out, dawdle, deduce, deracinate, derive, dig out, dig up, disentangle, drag out, draw, draw forth, dredge,… … Moby Thesaurus
bring out — Synonyms and related words: affect, arouse, betoken, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring to light, bring to notice, call forth, call out, call up, chime in, come out with, dangle, declare, deduce, deliver,… … Moby Thesaurus
call out — Synonyms and related words: affront, arouse, beard, bellow out, bid come, bid defiance, brave, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call, call away, call back, call for, call forth, call in, call together, call up, challenge, cite, clamor,… … Moby Thesaurus
drag out — Synonyms and related words: adjourn, amble, arouse, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, chatter, claudicate, continue, crawl, creep, dawdle, deduce, defer, delay, derive, dogtrot, drag, drag along, draw, draw… … Moby Thesaurus
get out of — Synonyms and related words: arouse, bail out, beg, break away, break jail, break loose, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, circumvent, cut loose, deduce, derive, ditch, dodge, dog it, double, drag out, draw… … Moby Thesaurus