ANGLE (FOR) Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

angle (for)

verb

Definition of angle (for)

as in to fish (for)

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as in to hammer out

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Verb

Once Alex Ovechkin made his decision, hammering out the details took only a few minutes.

— Bailey Johnson, Washington Post, 6 July 2026
Unions and the Newsom administration hammered out new agreements, which included several provisions to help cut down on California’s employee compensation costs.

— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of hammer out

Verb

The narrator, an American, is looking back on a sojourn in Tuscany when he was hired to work at the home of a scheming 92-year-old baronessa.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 8 July 2026
Instead of correcting the error, the scheming matriarch hides him in the attic and collects a life insurance payout.

— Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026

Definition of scheme

Verb

Emboldened by her sudden fame, Tyler signed to Sony in the early 1980s and, anxious to reinvent herself, petitioned the bombastic songwriter Jim Steinman to plot her a pivot to arena rock.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
But now, Yepez sits in jail — accused of plotting to kill one of her employees.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of plot

Verb

There’s a lot of bad crowd work out there, just like there is bad anything else — fledgling or whatever rookie stuff.

— Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Monday could be interesting, though, to see how all the processing of the trade works out, and if there yet could be a Heat plus-one in this process.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 July 2026

Definition of work out

Verb

Taylor joined Travis in Nashville for the festivities and even put on a surprise performance at the Tight Ends & Friends concert at the Brooklyn Bowl.

— Alicia Brunker, InStyle, 3 July 2026
This has distorted access not only to concert tickets but also to everyday services such as train ticket reservations.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 June 2026

Definition of concert

Verb

Residents arrange for projectors, audio speakers and power generators, Sikh temples and village community spaces become open-air theaters for an evening, and volunteers spread the word from one household to the next.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
The property’s expert concierge is always a WhatsApp message away and can arrange a menu of experiences at the villas or nearby resort for you—or leave your schedule empty for hours spent by the pool and traversing nearby cliffs and beaches.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

Definition of arrange

Verb

At its best, McCarthy’s fiction could compass the strange and often violent order of existence.

— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 June 2023
It is based on the knowledge that no spoliator can compass his end without a certain degree of co-operation, willing or compulsory, of the victim.

— Tridip Suhrud, Time, 25 Sep. 2019

Definition of compass

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