Angle at (something) informal verb phrase
To devise a plan or scheme in order to get or achieve something; to attempt to obtain something in an indirect or roundabout way.
Over the last few months, they have been angling at seizing control of the government.
Mary is angling at getting a scholarship to study in an English-speaking country.
She's angling at merging her own company with another unnamed media giant because her company is lacking capital.
To deal with something when it happens without planning for it beforehand
To be secretly working together
Used to refer to an impossible plan or idea
One very nearly achieved or got something, but in the end you just failed, or there is still some difficulty to do before that can happen.
Try, use, etc. every possible method to achieve something