to juggle
- verb
- /ˈdʒʌɡəl/
- Can he juggle his way out of this?
But it's also kind of freeing knowing the news is just juggling bullshit.
- But it's also kind of freeing knowing the news is just juggling bullshit.
Examples
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That or, you know, childcare, people constantly trying to juggle how to have cheap childcare.
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And I want to keep the dream too, for myself, trying to juggle it with work.
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"And you learned from him, no doubt, to juggle with facts."
Fiction book (1996) -
It's stressful working full time and juggling my family.
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Augustine would often juggle several diverse strands of thought on an issue.
Academic text (1990) -
And Una has lots of interests and seems to be juggling all sorts of projects.
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And so you're kind of constantly juggling back and forth to find that nice little balance.
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There are simple truths about how to juggle life's uncertainties, and it's not as scary as you might think.
Blog text (31) -
Educational critics have begun to suspect two forms of meritocratic erosion: inflated grades and juggled standardized testing.
Academic text (1996) -
She has to juggle her busy schedule to make time for her studies.
Synonyms
To control people or things in a clever, often dishonest way
To make someone believe something false so you can get what you want
To change what someone said to make it mean something different, often to mislead
To arrange something dishonestly to get the result you want
To change facts or stories so they are not true
To trick someone in a clever way so they do not notice
To make someone believe something that is not true
To trick someone by pretending you want to help them
To change numbers or facts dishonestly to hide the truth
To fool someone as a joke
To trick someone to gain an advantage
To attract and charm someone while tricking them
Get what you want by tricking people or using clever dishonest methods
To say something that is not exactly what happened to make it look better
To get something by clever or dishonest ways
To give false clues so people do not find the truth
Change words or facts to make a person look bad
To trick someone by using clever talk
Use clever or dishonest moves to get an advantage
To trick someone to take their money or things
Change facts on purpose to make something seem better
To avoid answering or taking responsibility by using clever words
To trick people to avoid a problem or responsibility
To trick someone by lying or cheating
Antonyms
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Juggle comes from old words for a trickster or performer and the Latin root jocus meaning 'joke'. That sense of trickery helps explain why to juggle facts or numbers can mean to move them around cleverly or to hide the truth.