BLAG


Meaning of BLAG in English

/ blæg; NAmE / verb

[ vn ] ( -gg- ) ( BrE , informal ) to persuade sb to give you sth, or to let you do sth, by talking to them in a clever or amusing way :

I blagged some tickets for the game.

We blagged our way into the reception by saying that we were from the press.

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WORD ORIGIN

late 19th cent.: perhaps from French blaguer tell lies.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.