"angle for" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "angles for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "angling for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "angled for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "angled for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "angle for (third-person singular simple present angles for, present participle angling for, simple past and past participle angled for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"for\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, David M. Oshinsky, Polio, page 214:",
          "text": "Rumors flew that Marlon Brando was angling for the lead — an odd choice, most agreed, but a sure sign of box office success.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To try to obtain something by subtle indirect means: political manoeuvres, suggestion, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-angle_for-en-verb-mmZqBCeP",
      "links": [
        [
          "obtain",
          "obtain"
        ],
        [
          "subtle",
          "subtle"
        ],
        [
          "manoeuvres",
          "manoeuvres"
        ],
        [
          "suggestion",
          "suggestion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He angles for trout Sundays.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angle, for."
      ],
      "id": "en-angle_for-en-verb-kdV1vEM9",
      "links": [
        [
          "angle",
          "angle#English"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "angle for"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"for\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "angles for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "angling for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "angled for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "angled for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "angle for (third-person singular simple present angles for, present participle angling for, simple past and past participle angled for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, David M. Oshinsky, Polio, page 214:",
          "text": "Rumors flew that Marlon Brando was angling for the lead — an odd choice, most agreed, but a sure sign of box office success.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To try to obtain something by subtle indirect means: political manoeuvres, suggestion, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obtain",
          "obtain"
        ],
        [
          "subtle",
          "subtle"
        ],
        [
          "manoeuvres",
          "manoeuvres"
        ],
        [
          "suggestion",
          "suggestion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He angles for trout Sundays.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angle, for."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "angle",
          "angle#English"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "angle for"
}