单词 | to blag one's way into |
释义 | > as lemmasto blag one's way into (or out of) 1. transitive. To obtain or achieve by persuasive talk or plausible deception; to bluff, to dupe or deceive by bluffing; to scrounge, esp. by clever or deceitful talk. Frequently in to blag one's way into (or out of): to talk one's way into (or out of). ΚΠ 1934 P. Allingham Cheapjack xiv. 177 A man..had blagged money from me as easily as a gipsy from a newly-married woman. 1937 ‘J. Curtis’ You're in Racket, Too xxvi. 264 ‘Cash me a cheque, dopey.’..‘Yourn?’ ‘No. A steamer's. I blagged it out of him.’ 1962 R. Cook Crust on its Uppers iii. 37 His temper..is murderous if he thinks we're trying to blag him. 1968 Listener 3 Oct. 445/2 This irrational philosophy is responsible..for blaguing a miserable public into living in unpleasant New Towns or tall, unsafe structures. 1983 T. Hibbert Rockspeak 22 Kev tried to blag his way into the Boomtown Rats gig by putting on an Irish accent and saying he was Bob Geldof's dad. 1985 Internat. Musician June 56/3 I decided that sending tapes in was useless, so I'd get on the phone and try to blag an interview. 1996 M. Burgess Junk (1997) iv. 34 If I can't blag my way out of this, I'm better off dead. 2001 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 9 Mar. It was the biggest night in the British music calendar and yours truly blagged an invite. < as lemmas |
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