weasel out (of sth)
mainly US informal— phrasal verb with weasel uk/ˈwiː.zəl/us/ˈwiː.zəl/verb
to avoid doing something that you have agreed to do, especially by being dishonest:
Although they had signed the contract they tried to weasel out of the deal later.
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Avoiding action
- avoid
- avoid sth like the plague idiom
- avoidance
- bottle
- bottle out
- flinch
- flinch from sth/doing sth
- fudge
- get out of sth
- get-out clause
- insure
- shrink
- shy away from sth
- sit on your arse idiom
- skip out on sb/sth
- stand around
- stand by
- steer
- welch
- welsh
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