wriggle out ofsomething
phrasal verbwithwriggleverbuk/ˈrɪɡ.əl/us/ˈrɪɡ.əl/
informaltoavoiddoing something that you do notwantto do:
Hepromisedhe'dhelpmepaintthelivingroom, but now he'stryingtowriggleout of it.
Avoiding 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