wriggle out of
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[edit]Verb
[edit]wriggle out of (third-person singular simple present wriggles out of, present participle wriggled out of, simple past and past participle wriggled out of)
- 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.