weasel out (ofsomething)
phrasal verbwithweaselverbuk/ˈwiː.zəl/us/ˈwiː.zəl/
mainlyUSinformaltoavoiddoing something that you haveagreedto do,especiallyby beingdishonest:
Although they hadsignedthecontracttheytriedtoweaselout of thedeallater.
Avoiding action
- abrogate
- abrogation
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- eschew
- evade
- evader
- evasion
- fiddle
- fiddle around
- fight shy ofidiom
- insure
- shirk
- short circuit
- shrink fromsomething
- shy away fromsomething
- sit onyourarseidiom
- steer
- welch
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