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wriggle out of

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Meaning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wriggle,‎ out of.
The worm wriggled out of the man's pocket.

(transitive) To avoid performing a duty or fulfilling an obligation, by sneaky means.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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First time you hear something, it sounds outlandish and broken and like it doesn't make sense. But once it's been in your head awhile it's as if the other thoughts in there wriggle out of the way to give it some room. Michael Marshall Smith

But a writer who used to move in the same exclusive circles as the Brit socialite has suggested she may still be able to wriggle out of serious prison time. Source: Internet

Fanwo added that land administration is one of the key areas the present administration is looking closely at to harness, so as to wriggle out of the economic hardship melted on the state of affairs by the global pandemic. Source: Internet

He is trying to wriggle out of the mess he created at City Hall but it won't work," Dr Kangu said. Source: Internet

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