ontfutselen — meaning in English

English meaning

• finagle verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
• rescue verb To save someone or something from danger, harm, or a difficult situation.
• secrete verb Of a gland, cell, or plant, to produce and release a substance.

Senses

ontfutselen is used for these senses in English:

• finagle (transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
• rescue To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.

finagle — full definition

1. verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
2. verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
3. verb To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

rescue — full definition

1. verb To save someone or something from danger, harm, or a difficult situation.
2. noun An act of saving someone or something from danger.

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