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to wrangle funds

to wrangle funds

7.0
To get money by asking people and working hard
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈræŋɡəl fʌndz/
translation icon : conseguir fondos
  • It took months of persistent lobbying to wrangle funds for the new community center.

Examples

  • The team managed to wrangle funds from several private donors for the expedition.

  • She often has to wrangle funds to keep her nonprofit organization running.

  • We need to wrangle funds for the new project.

  • Can you help me wrangle funds for the charity?

  • It took months of persistent lobbying to wrangle funds for the new community center.

  • She often has to wrangle funds to keep her nonprofit organization running.

  • The team managed to wrangle funds from several private donors for the expedition.

Synonyms

to scrape together
vsto wrangle funds
12 6.1

Gather small amounts of money or supplies with difficulty

uses sustained negotiation to secure full funding rather than tiny bits
to wring from
vsto wrangle funds
2 8.1

Get something from someone after a lot of effort or pressure

relies on ongoing negotiation and steady persistence rather than force
to wangle
vsto wrangle funds
  • UK
1 8.7

To get something by clever or dishonest ways

secures funds openly through persistent negotiation rather than by trickery
to drum up funds
vsto wrangle funds
4.4

To try to get money by asking people or holding events

uses steady negotiation and persistence rather than brief active campaigns
to scrunge some money
vsto wrangle funds
  • Slang
9.9

Get small amounts of money by asking other people or finding coins

seeks funds through steady negotiation and persistent effort instead

Antonyms

to refuse
716 1.7

To say no to a request or offer

How Funded

to secure
  • Specialized
62 5.3
to wrangle funds
7.0
to apply for
208 1.4
to beg
153 1.0

Surface Forms

wrangle funds infinitive
wrangled funds past
wrangled funds past participle
wrangling funds present participle
wrangles funds third person singular

Morphology

wrangle + funds

The verb 'wrangle' carries senses of managing, arguing, or getting something by persistent effort, so a learner who knows those senses can partly infer 'wrangle funds' as 'secure or obtain funds'. However, the specific sense 'raise/secure money' is a colloquial, collocational extension and not fully predictable from the parts alone, so a B1 learner would only partially infer the precise meaning without prior exposure.

Etymology

The phrase wrangle funds comes from the image of a cowboy trying to catch and control stubborn cattle: wrangle means to struggle or argue, and funds means money. So to wrangle funds is 'to obtain money after a lot of effort or negotiation'.