to lawyer
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- verb
- /ˈlɔɪər/
- Informal
:
dejar en evidencia
Examples
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This kind of crap is how Obama lawyered his way up throughout his political career.
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Instead he's "lawyered up."
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Apparently, some of the bank robbers you put in the ICU, they're lawyering up to sue the city.
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She managed to lawyer her way through the negotiation, securing a better deal for her client.
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In the courtroom, he was able to lawyer against his opponent effectively, using clever arguments.
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The politician tried to lawyer his way out of the scandal by twisting the facts.
Synonyms
To use legal knowledge and arguments to handle a situation
Compounds
- Offensive
A lawyer who goes to accidents or emergencies to find clients for injury cases
- New Zealand
A thick-stemmed, thorny shrub that trails over and through other plants in New Zealand forests
- Formal
A professional relationship in which a lawyer must act for a client's benefit and keep information secret
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Etymology
Lawyer in the sense 'to outsmart someone with clever argument' comes from how lawyers use rules and careful logic to win a case, and a helpful way to remember it is: to lawyer someone is to outsmart them with sharp, legal-style reasoning.