WEASELING (OUT OF) Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

weaseling (out of)

verb

present participle of weasel (out of)

as in avoiding

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery you won't be able to weasel out of your share of the work by feigning illness

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Alternately, Senate leaders could wait to pass the bill until daylight saving time resumes next March, avoiding an awkward midwinter time jump.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
These guidelines address avoiding delays in pregnant women and discuss the safety to perform MRIs without contrast and CT scans with contrast.

— Elyce Cardonick, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026

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Unfortunately for us, those tenants have evolved a sticky knack for evading eviction, creating a webbing known as biofilm that prevents them from being easily licked or swallowed away.

— Mike McRae, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
State police said the evading vehicle is believed to be a white 2025-27 Hyundai Genesis GV70 with damage to the right side mirror, right headlight and right front fender.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2026

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The same gas is commonly found escaping from magmatic vents on Earth, with the compound coming from hot magma beneath the surface.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
The celebrity barn owls’ saga follows in the footsteps of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl, who captivated the city for a year after escaping from the Central Park Zoo after someone cut a hole through the mesh of his enclosure.

— Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026

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