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

In theory, that would leave upwards of 50 days, not including weekends, to hammer out a budget.

— Drew Pittock, USA Today, 23 July 2026
That degree of complexity is no easier to hammer out a half-century later.

— Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of hammer out

Verb

Corey Hawkins as Polybus Polybus is another one of Penelope’s many suitors who scheme to take her hand and kingdoms for themselves.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Ten years on, after devising the victorious Trojan Horse gambit, Ulysses attempts to return to Ithaca and the pining Penelope, whose palace has been overrun with scheming suitors seeking her hand.

— Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026

Definition of scheme

Verb

For the celebration itself, Jess and Nasko plotted a week of activities bouncing off (American) Labor Day weekend.

— Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
With the room shaking, the show’s producer, Bob Johnston, plotted a course toward the nearest group of guards.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

Definition of plot

Verb

When second-year pass rusher Nic Scourton was being carted off the field Thursday, Gill was working out on his own following a standout season in the United Football League.

— Mike Kaye July 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
Higuchi was already at home in this rubbery soundworld, but his determination to work out his own feelings in this already frenzied context pushes his music past the cartoonish and into the truly demonic.

— Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 July 2026

Definition of work out

Verb

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
Bon Jovi did, however, end the July 23 MSG concert slightly early due to a sinus infection.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2026

Definition of concert

Verb

The production company asked Netflix in person and in writing to agree to delete any files transferred to a projector during screening and to arrange to promptly return the screener after viewing.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
They are systematically arranged, customer-focused, and global in scope.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of arrange

Verb

Spikerman, a third-round pick from 2024, intrigued other teams because of his strong defense in center field and some offensive improvements this season.

— Matt Gelb, New York Times, 24 July 2026
If this topic intrigues you, join us at the free, online Work on Purpose Summit on July 30, 2026.

— Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 23 July 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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