weasel out

1. (idiomatic, intransitive, often)To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.)

2. (idiomatic, transitive)To obtain or extract, especially by cunning methods.

   уви́ливатьuvílivatʹ, увильну́тьuvilʹnútʹ, отверте́тьсяotvertétʹsja

1. You can't weasel out of this.

   ruТебе не отвертеться.

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2. Somehow, he weaseled himself out of jury duty.

   deEr hat es irgendwie geschafft, sich vor seinen Geschworenenpflichten zu drücken.

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3. He always manages to weasel out of everything.

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4. You're not going to weasel out of it.

   ruТебе не отвертеться.

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5. Apparently, Tom managed to weasel out of it.

   ruТому, похоже, удалось отвертеться.

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irregular

• weasel outTo shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.)
• weasel intoTo enter a place or a situation by being dishonest or by persuading someone in a clever way.