English Explanatory Dictionary

weasel out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.)
  2. To obtain or extract, especially by cunning methods.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

weasel out weasels out weaseling out weaselling out weaseled out weaselled out

Synonyms

cop out dig up ferret out sniff out
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