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

The memorandum was intended to give the two sides two more months to hammer out a peace deal, but the parameters of the preliminary agreement instead quickly fell apart, leaving no end in sight to a war that started in late February.

— Joey Garrison, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
The group was created by Martin last year to hammer out the party’s official stance on Israel and Gaza.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of hammer out

Verb

There are moments where Lucky uses her scheming ways to her advantage and fabricating identities as a means of survival.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
When companies scheme to cut competition, costs go up, choices go down, our economy suffers, and every day Americans end up paying more for less.

— Rob Bonta, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of scheme

Verb

But this year, Smith, who works out of a massive, warrenlike space called Sparseland Studios in Adair Park’s MET Atlanta complex, is approaching Burning Man with a different energy.

— Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
But their job should be confirming the controls held, not working out where the money went.

— Rahul Bhatia, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of work out

Verb

Singer Barry Manilow had to postpone his Lexington, Kentucky, concert unexpectedly on Tuesday night.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
There are also new locker room accommodations for visiting teams that can be turned into lounges for celebrities and musical artists when Albertsons Stadium hosts concerts.

— Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026

Definition of concert

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After retiring from working in 2019, Norris enjoyed growing and arranging flowers from her yard.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Nvidia, the $5 trillion AI infrastructure superstar, just arranged $500 billion in financing from Apollo, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street firms to bankroll customer orders for its cutting-edge chips.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 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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