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To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive, often
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cop out
Antonyms: none provided
To obtain or extract, especially by cunning methods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dig up, ferret out, sniff out
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
lusmuilla
— to weasel out of doing something
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Finnish:
kiemurrella
— to weasel out of doing something
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Polish:
wymigiwać się
— to weasel out of doing something
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Polish:
wymigać się
— to weasel out of doing something
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Polish:
wykręcać się
— to weasel out of doing something
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Polish:
wykręcić się
— to weasel out of doing something
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Polish:
wić się jak piskorz
— to weasel out of doing something
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Polish:
wycwanić się
— to weasel out of doing something
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Russian:
уви́ливать
(uvílivatʹ)
— to weasel out of doing something
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Russian:
увильну́ть
(uvilʹnútʹ)
— to weasel out of doing something
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Spanish:
esquivar[se]
— to weasel out of doing something
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Spanish:
eludir[se]
— to weasel out of doing something
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Spanish:
escabullirse
— to weasel out of doing something
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Finnish:
huiputtaa
— to weasel something out of someone
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Finnish:
kieroilla
— to weasel something out of someone
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Polish:
wić się jak piskorz
— to weasel something out of someone
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Russian:
отверте́ться
(otvertétʹsja)
— to weasel something out of someone
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Spanish:
esquivar
— to weasel something out of someone
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Spanish:
eludir
— to weasel something out of someone
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Spanish:
vaguear
— to weasel something out of someone