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FINAGLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does finagle mean?
• FINAGLE (verb)
The verb FINAGLE has 1 sense:
1. achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
Familiarity information: FINAGLE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they finagle ... he / she / it finagles
Past simple: finagled
Past participle: finagled
-ing form: finagling
... he / she / it finagles Past simple: finagled
Past participle: finagled
-ing form: finagling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
Hypernyms (to "finagle" is one way to...):
accomplish; achieve; attain; reach (to gain with effort)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody something
Derivation:
finagler (a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods)
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