"work an angle" meaning in Englisch

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  "hyphenation": "work an an·gle",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - \"Anything Could Happen\" Review",
          "text": "You can see that she is always analyzing the situation, always trying to work an angle and always ready to make a big move, if it works in her favor to do so."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Moyes own story (part 1)",
          "text": "True to stereotype, the caller is a pushy salesman, trying to work an angle."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End - A Review by Noah Antwiler",
          "text": "He's also trying to work an angle that puts himself in a position to kill Davy Jones, because any man who stabs his errant heart becomes the new immortal captain of the Dutchman."
        },
        {
          "ref": "New York Magazine 12. Aug. 1991",
          "text": "Turturro plays him as an effeminate fop with a fiendish ability to work an angle, a genius grifter who gets caught in his own web."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "etwas so anpassen oder darstellen, dass es auf seine eigenen Bedürfnisse oder Zwecke passt (oft zum Nachteil eines anderen); einen Aspekt, der vorteilhaft ist, besonders hervorheben, um einen bestimmten Eindruck zu erwecken"
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  "word": "work an angle"
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  "hyphenation": "work an an·gle",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - \"Anything Could Happen\" Review",
          "text": "You can see that she is always analyzing the situation, always trying to work an angle and always ready to make a big move, if it works in her favor to do so."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Moyes own story (part 1)",
          "text": "True to stereotype, the caller is a pushy salesman, trying to work an angle."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End - A Review by Noah Antwiler",
          "text": "He's also trying to work an angle that puts himself in a position to kill Davy Jones, because any man who stabs his errant heart becomes the new immortal captain of the Dutchman."
        },
        {
          "ref": "New York Magazine 12. Aug. 1991",
          "text": "Turturro plays him as an effeminate fop with a fiendish ability to work an angle, a genius grifter who gets caught in his own web."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "etwas so anpassen oder darstellen, dass es auf seine eigenen Bedürfnisse oder Zwecke passt (oft zum Nachteil eines anderen); einen Aspekt, der vorteilhaft ist, besonders hervorheben, um einen bestimmten Eindruck zu erwecken"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "work an angle"
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