welch
verb[I]
informaldisapprovinguk/weltʃ//welʃ/us/weltʃ//welʃ/(alsowelsh)toavoiddoing something you havepromisedto do,especiallynot topayadebt:
食言;(尤指)赖账He's never welchedonadebt- he alwayspaysup.他从来不赖账——总是会如数还钱的。
Avoiding action
- abrogate
- abrogation
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- doss
- eschew
- evade
- evader
- evasion
- fiddle
- fiddle around
- fight shy ofidiom
- insure
- shirk
- short circuit
- shrink fromsomething
- shy away fromsomething
- sit onyourarseidiom
- steer
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Making & breaking promises & commitments