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Rarefinagle
The correct spelling is finagle.
How to pronounce finagle
/fɪˈneɪ.ɡəl/
verbIPA: /fɪˈneɪ.ɡəl/
Say it like: Fin-agl-e
The correct spelling is finagle. To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts. For example: "finagle a day off work"
Usage Examples
“finagle a day off work”
“finagled his way out of a ticket by pretending to be on the way to a funeral, distraught”
“...shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
- 2.To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
- 3.To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
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