weasel out

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === weasel out (third-person singular simple present weasels out, present participle (US) weaseling out or (UK) weaselling out, simple past and past participle (US) weaseled out or (UK) weaselled out) (idiomatic, intransitive, often followed by of) To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.) Synonym: cop out Coordinate term: pass the buck (idiomatic, transitive) To obtain or extract, especially by cunning methods. Synonyms: dig up, ferret out, sniff out 1992 28 Sept., Stanley Reed, "Regarding Henry, Warily" (Book review of Kissinger by Walter Isaacson), Businessweek (retrieved 16 May 2011): In an effort to ingratiate himself with the 1968 Nixon campaign, Kissinger offered inside tips that he had weaseled out of friends privy to the Johnson Administration's talks with the North Vietnamese. ==== Translations ==== === References === “weasel out”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.