insinuate yourself into sth
formal disapproving— phrasal verb with insinuate uk/ɪnˈsɪn.ju.eɪt/us/ɪnˈsɪn.ju.eɪt/verb [ T ]
to use clever, secret, and often unpleasant methods to gradually become part of something:
Over the years she insinuated herself into the great man's life.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Plotting & trapping
- be in league with sb idiom
- cahoots
- catch sb out
- chicanery
- cloak-and-dagger
- conspiratorial
- conspire
- entrap
- entrapment
- hatch
- have a card up your sleeve idiom
- plot
- plotter
- put-up job
- scheme
- set-up
- snare
- sting
- stratagem
- trap
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