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wriggle out of something phrasal verb with wriggleverbuk /ˈrɪɡ.əl/ us /ˈrɪɡ.əl/ informal to avoid doing something that you do not want to do: 逃脱,避开 He promised he'd help me paint the living room, but now he's trying to wriggle out of it.他答应过会帮我粉刷客厅,但现在又想躲开。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Avoiding action abrogate abrogation avoid avoid something like the plagueidiom avoidance elude end-run eschew evader evasion fiddle insure run for the hillsidiom shirk short circuit shrink from something shy away from something steer welch Welsh |