To make, achieve, or get through contrivance or guile

• wangle

  1. To obtain or achieve by cleverness or deceit, especially in persuading someone:
  2. To manipulate or change (statistics, accounts, etc.) for a selfish or dishonest purpose; falsify; juggle
  3. To extricate oneself by subtle or indirect means, as from difficulty; wriggle:

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  1. To obtain or achieve by cleverness or deceit, especially in persuading someone:
  2. To manipulate or change (statistics, accounts, etc.) for a selfish or dishonest purpose; falsify; juggle
  3. To extricate oneself by subtle or indirect means, as from difficulty; wriggle:

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• finagle

  1. To cheat; swindle:
  2. (Intransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
  3. To obtain or achieve by cleverness or deceit, especially in persuading someone:

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  1. To cheat; swindle:
  2. (Intransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
  3. To obtain or achieve by cleverness or deceit, especially in persuading someone:

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• worm

  1. To move in a manner suggestive of a worm.
  2. To insinuate (oneself) into a situation, conversation, etc.
  3. To elicit by artful or devious means. Usually used with out of :

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  1. To move in a manner suggestive of a worm.
  2. To insinuate (oneself) into a situation, conversation, etc.
  3. To elicit by artful or devious means. Usually used with out of :

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• engineer

  1. To alter or produce by methods of genetic engineering:
  2. To plan and direct skillfully; superintend; guide (a measure, action, etc. through)
  3. To plan, manage, and bring about by skillful acts or contrivance:

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  1. To alter or produce by methods of genetic engineering:
  2. To plan and direct skillfully; superintend; guide (a measure, action, etc. through)
  3. To plan, manage, and bring about by skillful acts or contrivance:

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To outmaneuver (an opponent), especially with the aid of some extra resource

• one-up

  1. To have or seize an advantage over
  2. (Idiomatic) To outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.
  3. To keep one step ahead of (a competitor or opponent, for example).

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  1. To have or seize an advantage over
  2. (Idiomatic) To outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.
  3. To keep one step ahead of (a competitor or opponent, for example).

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• trump

  1. To get the better of (an adversary or competitor, for example) by using a crucial, often hidden resource.
  2. To play a trump when a trump was not led
  3. To play a trump on (a trick, another card, etc.) when a trump was not led, often, specif., so as to take it thereby

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  1. To get the better of (an adversary or competitor, for example) by using a crucial, often hidden resource.
  2. To play a trump when a trump was not led
  3. To play a trump on (a trick, another card, etc.) when a trump was not led, often, specif., so as to take it thereby

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