Somehow, he weaseled himself out of jury duty.
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Weaseled
Synonyms for "weaseled" (17 found)
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When Mary’s brother found out about the friendship between Tom and Mary during one of their study sessions, he was about to beat Tom up, until he figured out a way to profit from this. He decided to allow him to keep seeing her only if he did "favors" for him "every now and then". And if he ever weaseled out or snitched on them, he'd sneak into his room at night and personally suffocate him.
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