wriggle out of sth
informal— phrasal verb with wriggle uk/ˈrɪɡ.əl/us/ˈrɪɡ.əl/verb
to avoid doing something that you do not want to do:
He promised he'd help me paint the living room, but now he's trying to wriggle out of it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
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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