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Finale vs Finagle - What's the difference?

finale | finagle |

As a noun finale

is final (sports).

As a verb finagle is

to obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods.

finale

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The grand end of something, especially a show or piece of music.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter.}}
  • (narratology) The chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works.
  • Antonyms

    * premiere

    finagle

    English

    Verb

    (finagl)
  • To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods.
  • ...finagle a day off from work.
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  • , year=2012 , date=May 24 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3 , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Sequels to fish-out-of-water comedies make progressively less sense the longer a series continues. By the time Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles rolled around in 2001, 15 years after the first Crocodile Dundee became a surprise blockbuster, the title character had been given an awfully long time to grow acclimated to those kooky Americans. Men In Black 3 finagles its way out of this predicament by literally resetting the clock with a time-travel premise that makes Will Smith both a contemporary intergalactic cop in the late 1960s and a stranger to Josh Brolin, who plays the younger version of Smith’s stone-faced future partner, Tommy Lee Jones.}}
  • (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
  • ...shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.

    Derived terms

    * finagler

    References

    * finagle, The Word Detective, February 12th, 2008

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