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جر رجل

English translation: trick

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Arabic term or phrase:جر رجل
English translation:trick
Entered by: jankopolo

07:17 Mar 18, 2009
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Arabic term or phrase: جر رجل
عصاب المؤلفين الستة الذين تنافست رواياتهم على الفوز بالجائزة، وأعصاب الصحفيين الذين جاؤوا لتغطية الحدث، والذين حاول بعضهم التكهن بل ومحاولة "جر رجل" أعضاء لجنة التحكيم بأساليب مختلفة للبوح باسم الفائز ولو بشكل غير مباشر، دون جدوى.
jankopolo
Local time: 01:40
trick
Explanation:
trying to trick them into revealing the name...
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Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:40
Grading comment
شكرا
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5trick
Nesrin
5 +3To pull their leg, by different means, into
Abdelmonem Samir
5 +1lead them to let the cat out of the bag
Noha Kamal, PhD.
5To drag someone into something
Sajjad Hamadani
5wangle
Dr. Mohamed Elkhateeb
4con into
Mohamed Ghazal
4to spill the beans/to open secret
halani


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lead them to let the cat out of the bag


Explanation:
one cute option, among others of course :)

Noha Kamal, PhD.
Local time: 02:40
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 68

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dina Abd El-Salam
11 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
trick


Explanation:
trying to trick them into revealing the name...

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:40
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
شكرا

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohamed Ghazal
1 min
agree  Nadia Ayoub
4 hrs
agree  Rasha El-Gabry: agree
5 hrs
agree  Sarwat Ezzeldin
7 hrs
agree  Hani Hassaan
7 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
con into


Explanation:
con them into...

Mohamed Ghazal
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 03:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 20
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to spill the beans/to open secret


Explanation:
to spill the beans/to open secret

halani
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 03:40
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 3
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
To pull their leg, by different means, into


Explanation:


Abdelmonem Samir
Local time: 02:40
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dina Abd El-Salam
10 hrs
agree  nevine ibrahim
17 hrs
agree  zax
1 day 5 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
To drag someone into something


Explanation:
To drag someone into something

Sajjad Hamadani
United States
Local time: 19:40
Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu, Native in ArabicArabic
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
wangle


Explanation:
wangle

Dr. Mohamed Elkhateeb
Egypt
Local time: 02:40
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12
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