welchverb [ I ]
uk/weltʃ//welʃ/us/weltʃ//welʃ/also welsh informal disapprovingto avoid doing something you have promised to do, especially not to pay a debt:
He's never welched on a debt - he always pays up.
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Avoiding action
- avoid
- avoid sth like the plague idiom
- avoidance
- bottle
- bottle out
- fiddle
- 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
- welsh
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Making & breaking promises & commitments