/?wi?.z?l/mainlyUSinformaltoavoiddoing something that you haveagreedto do,especiallyby beingdishonest:Although they hadsignedthecontracttheytriedtoweaselout of thedeallater.SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesAvoiding 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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phrasal verbwithweaselverbinfmlus/?wi·z?l ?ɑ?t/toescaperesponsibilityfor something:Myroommatealwaystriesto weasel out of doing thedishes.(Definition ofweasel out (of something)from theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/weasel-out-of##