Verb
To try to obtain something by subtle indirect means: political manoeuvres, suggestion, etc.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angle, for.
He angles for trout Sundays.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Whenever somebody says they need an angle for their story I always fear that they've got an idea and they want me to fit into it or they want me to come up with an idea myself or I'm supposed to be more revealing than I've been, and to me it just sounds like something I don't want to do. David Duchovny
For the IBM PC, a separate keyboard housing was designed with a novel usability feature that allowed users to adjust the keyboard angle for personal comfort. Source: Internet
Muralitharan's mean elbow extension angle for the doosra delivery was 14°, which was subsequently reduced to a mean of 10.2° after remedial training at the University. Source: Internet
He kept beating defenders, one after the other like something from an arcade game, as he tried to find the angle for the shot. Source: Internet
But the key here is that there is an optimum launch angle for your ball speed and spin rate, and that is critical. Source: Internet