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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : rig-uh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪg əl |
Definition of wriggle out
Origin :- late 15c., from Middle Low German wrigglen "to wriggle," from Proto-Germanic *wrig-, *wreik- "to turn" (see wry). Related to Old English wrigian "to turn, incline, go forward."
- As in lam : verb escape
- As in escape : verb break away from
- But being small Pee-wee was able to wriggle out of almost anything.
- Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- Then I saw him wriggle out of danger, backing away like a crab.
- Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan
- But the Brothers saw instantly that they could not wriggle out of these knots.
- Extract from : « The Humbugs of the World » by P. T. Barnum
- They cannot wriggle out of that blame: they cannot shirk it.
- Extract from : « The American Egypt » by Channing Arnold
- Bohm had tried to wriggle out of every clause in his contract.
- Extract from : « A Tenderfoot Bride » by Clarice E. Richards
- If they are accepted, why then they wriggle out of them the best way they can.
- Extract from : « Ask Momma » by R. S. Surtees
- But there it was, signed and stamped; and he did not see how you could wriggle out of it.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Thompson » by William Babington Maxwell
- Nothing, said Evelyn, trying to wriggle out of her aunts grasp.
- Extract from : « A Very Naughty Girl » by L. T. Meade
- When washed ashore she can wriggle out of her shell and swim away.
- Extract from : « Beautiful Shells of New Zealand » by E. G. B. Moss
- She was disposed to wriggle out of sight; but Baba threatened her, and she was still.
- Extract from : « From the Oak to the Olive » by Julia Ward Howe
Synonyms for wriggle out
- abscond
- avoid
- bail out
- blow
- bolt
- break out
- burst out
- circumvent
- cut and run
- cut loose
- decamp
- depart
- desert
- disappear
- dodge
- double
- duck
- duck out
- elope
- elude
- emerge
- evade
- flee
- fly
- fly the coop
- get away
- get away with
- get off
- give someone the slip
- go scot-free
- leave
- make a getaway
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- pass
- play hooky
- run
- run away
- run off
- run out on
- shun
- skip
- slip
- slip away
- steal away
- take a powder
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take on the lam
- vanish
- work out of
- wriggle out
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