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finessedverbpast tense of finesse to plan out usually with subtle skill or carehad to finesse the schedule a bit to fit in another patient that afternoon contrived, engineered, finagled, framed, machinated, maneuvered, manipulated, masterminded, negotiated, wangled arranged, concerted, concluded, hammered out, worked outangled (for), compassed, intrigued, plotted, schemedconnivedbrewed, concocted, cooked (up), hatchedcaptained, commanded, conducted, directed, handled, managed, quarterbacked, ran(also chiefly dialectal run)gerrymandered blew, bobbled, botched, bungled, butchered, flubbed, fumbled, gummed (up), loused up, mangled, messed (up), mishandled, muffed to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickerytried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time avoided, dodged, ducked, eluded, escaped, eschewed, evaded, got around, scaped, shirked, shook, shuffled (out of), shunned, weaseled (out of) missedaverted, deflected, diverted, obviated, parried, prevented, warded (off)banned, barred, debarred, eliminated, excepted, excluded, precluded, ruled outbypassed, circumvented, skirtedfoiled, foxed, frustrated, outfoxed, outsmarted, outwitted, overreached, thwarted fought shy of, kept clear of, stayed clear of, steered clear of accepted, courted, embraced, pursued, sought, welcomedcaught, contracted, incurred |