angle (for)

verb

Definition of angle (for)next
1
as in to fish (for)

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2
as in to hammer out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angle (for)
  1. hammer out
  2. scheme
  3. plot
  4. work out
  5. concert
  6. arrange
  7. intrigue
  8. compass
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
  • At Hansen’s trial in 2009, prosecutors argued that the pair had plotted to kill MacNeil, 63, for money.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
  • But the Green Book plots Ecobalyse points, PEF micropoints and Higg scores together despite their different units and methodologies.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of plot
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
Verb
  • Palestinians and Lebanese displaced by the 1967 war were joining relatives or acquaintances in Dearborn, and residents arranged food and medical services for the new arrivals.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Solano also arranged for 30 Jackson patients to go to the 14-bed Dulce Hogar ALF on Northwest 26th Avenue between 2016 and the end of 2023.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrange
Verb
  • Cabrera’s raw talent intrigued Jed Hoyer’s front office for years.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The female forward is in front of the camera, behind the camera, really getting women, intriguing them to come to the service and watch.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of intrigue
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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“Angle (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angle%20%28for%29. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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