weasel out

Verb

Meaning

(idiomatic, intransitive, often followed by of) To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.)

(idiomatic, transitive) To obtain or extract, especially by cunning methods.

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Examples

Agnostic for me would be trying to weasel out and sound a little nicer than I am about this. Richard Feynman

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