refaire — meaning in English

English meaning

• finagle verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
• redo verb To do something again, usually because the first attempt was unsatisfactory.
• remake verb To make a new version of something that already exists.
• repeat verb To say or do something again.

Senses

refaire is used for these senses in English:

• finagle (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
• redo To do again.
• remake (transitive) To make again.
• repeat (transitive) To do or say again (and again).

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)

redo — full definition

1. verb To do something again, usually because the first attempt was unsatisfactory.
2. noun An instance of doing something over, or (in software) reversing an undo.

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