slant

a new slant

A unique angle, approach, or perspective toward something. It is taken from sailing terminology, in which "a new slant" is applied to the boat to achieve the its optimum angle of heel. This band is great, they really bring a new slant to the heavy metal scene. We want to hire an executive who will bring a new slant to the direction of the company.
See also: new, slant

slant against (someone or something)

1. To lean against or angle into something. He slanted against the doorframe with his eyes narrowed and his arms crossed while I packed my things into a suitcase. The fence has gotten so weighed down with ivy that it has started slanting against the side of the house.
2. To hold, represent, or play into a bias against someone or something. While the newspaper typically slants against the politician, it has come out in favor of her new tax reform proposal. The group has always slanted against any form of governmental control or interference, promoting deregulation and state-level autonomy instead.
3. To write or present something in such a way as to form, represent, or play into a bias against someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "slant" and "against." Please try to keep your writing neutral—we don't want you slanting your articles against any politicians or political parties. Purporting itself to simply be presenting facts, it's pretty clear the director has slanted the documentary against the criminal justice system.
See also: slant

slant in favor of (someone or something)

1. To hold, represent, or play into a bias in favor or support of someone or something. While the newspaper typically slants in favor of more conservative viewpoints, it has come out in support of the governor's plan to increase taxes. The group has always slanted in favor of federal deregulation and the autonomy of citizens, being very vocal in its opposition of governmental control or interference.
2. To write or present something in such a way as to form, represent, or play into a bias in favor or support of someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "slant" and "in." Please try to keep your writing neutral—we don't want you slanting your articles in favor of any politicians or political parties. Purporting itself to simply be presenting facts, it's pretty clear the director has slanted the documentary in favor of the convicts who claim they were framed by the state.
See also: favor, of, slant

slant toward (someone or something)

1. To lean, tilt, or incline in the direction of someone or something. His eyelids began to droop as he started slanting toward me in his chair. Is it just me, or is the north wall slanting slightly toward the road?
2. To hold, represent, or play into a bias in favor or support of someone or something. While the newspaper typically slants toward more conservative viewpoints, it has come out in favor of the governor's plan to increase taxes The group has always slanted toward federal deregulation and the autonomy of citizens, being very vocal in its opposition of governmental control or interference.
3. To write or present something in such a way as to form, represent, or play into a bias in favor or support of someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "slant" and "toward." Please try to keep your writing neutral—we don't want you slanting your articles toward any politicians or political parties. Purporting itself to simply be presenting facts, it's pretty clear the director has slanted the documentary toward the convicts who claim they were framed by the state.
See also: slant, toward
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

slant against something

to rest obliquely against something. The bookcase slants against the wall, and it should be straight. The lumber was left slanted against the garage.
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slant something against someone or something

to bias something against someone or something; to twist information so it is against someone or something. The writer slanted the story against the innocent people of the town. The reporter slanted her story against one political party.
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slant something toward someone or something

 and slant something in favor of someone or something
to bias something toward someone or something; to twist information so it favors someone or something. The writer slanted the story toward the plaintiff's charges. The reporter slanted her story in favor of one political party.
See also: slant, toward

slant toward someone or something

to incline toward someone or something. The scenery slanted toward the actors and looked as if it would fall. Everything in your sketch slants toward the right.
See also: slant, toward
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

slant

n. a biased view; a unique perception. (A synonym for angle.) You can probably give us yet another slant on this problem.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a new slant
  • slope down
  • slope toward
  • slope toward (something)
  • try every trick in the book
  • try, use, etc. every trick in the book
  • use every trick in the book
  • tip up
  • round to
  • square up with (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
As described in the above Table 2, the slant of New York Time is favourable than unfavourable which showed that the newspapers supported the role of Pakistan and its efforts contributing in the War on Terror in Pakistan, the slant also showed that Pakistan is facing deadly opposition as also appreciated the struggle of Pakistan in War on Terror.
The gantry slant angle is equal to 5[degrees], 10[degrees], and 20[degrees]: In order to test the accuracy of the Equation 3 when the gantry slant angle is not equal to 0[degrees], we set the angle to be 5[degrees], 10[degrees] and 20[degrees].
Odyssey's line of mallets provides differing levels of MOI and sight pictures, from the now-traditional look of the ubiquitous two-ball to the super-high MOI models, such as the Marksman and two-ball Fang; whatever your persuasion, that short, slant neck is there for you.
Slant 3D is using this approach to develop a "fidget spinner" with an internal bearing.
When using (4), one should ensure that the definitions of the directions of the inclination angle, tilt angle, and slant angle are the same.
A submanifold M in a metallic (or Golden) Riemannian manifold ([bar.M], [bar.g], J) is called slant submanifold if the angle d([X.sub.x]) between J[X.sub.x] and [T.sub.x]M is constant, for any x [member of] M and [X.sub.x] [member of] [T.sub.x]M.
indicate Slant's common cause with the New Left Review.
Concluding, we can say that Dawn and The News used slant 'Favorable to the Government' in equal number of stories i.e.
7 shows that at [lambda] =1.29, [C.sub.D] indicated an HD state at 27.5[degrees] slant angle and an SLD (QAS) state at 32.5[degrees].
Position vector of spacelike biharmonic slant helices with timelike principal normal according to Bishop frame in Minkowski 3-space.
And surely it is a mistake to suggest that liberation theology owes something to the Slant group.
The largest component of the project is a either a 6.4 or 9.6m gallon per day desalination plant that would draw seawater from slant wells or subsurface intakes buried in the sand and extend beneath the ocean floor, with the test well deciding the feasibility of the slant well construction techniques, besides the quantity and quality of the source water that can be drawn.
Limited researches are conducted on the behaviour of slant end-plate connections subjected to elevated temperature.
Hollands was hunting a soybean field in late October when Slant stepped out 40 yards away, joining 30 other deer on the food plot.
Readers of A Certain Slant of Light should be able to follow the rearrangement of spirits and bodies.