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To make, achieve, or get by contrivance: wangled a job for which she had no training.
(verb-transitive)
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To manipulate or juggle, especially fraudulently.
(verb-transitive)
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To extricate (oneself) from difficulty.
(verb-transitive)
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To use indirect, tricky, or fraudulent methods.
(verb-intransitive)
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To extricate oneself by subtle or indirect means, as from difficulty; wriggle.
(verb-intransitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.