wangle
verb
[ ˈwaŋɡ(ə)l ]
• manage to obtain (something) by persuading or cleverly manipulating someone.
• "I wangled an invitation to her party"
Similar:
contrive,
manipulate,
manoeuvre,
engineer,
devise,
orchestrate,
fix,
arrange,
direct,
conduct,
handle,
work,
pull off,
scheme,
plot,
acquire,
attain,
achieve,
bring about,
net,
win,
grab,
hook,
finagle,
swing,
fiddle,
wangle
noun
• an act or an instance of obtaining something by persuasion or clever manipulation.
• "a rather clever wangle on the part of some of the folk at the office"
Origin:
late 19th century (first recorded as printers' slang): of unknown origin; perhaps based on the verb waggle.
