Synonyms for weasel out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : wee-zuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwi zəl |
Top 10 synonyms for weasel out Other synonyms for the word weasel out
- abjure
- abnegate
- abrogate
- abstract
- apostatize
- avoid
- back out
- back out of
- back pedal
- backpedal
- backwater
- beg off
- blow
- blow it off
- bow out
- break one's promise
- call back
- call off
- cancel
- chicken out
- cop out
- countermand
- crawl out of
- cut loose
- cut out
- deny
- dial back
- disassociate
- disclaim
- disentangle
- disjoin
- dismantle
- disown
- dissociate
- disunite
- divide
- drop out
- ease
- eat one's words
- extricate
- forget
- forswear
- funk out
- get cold feet
- give up
- give way
- go back on
- go back on one's word
- have no stomach for
- invalidate
- kill
- KO
- liberate
- lift
- loose
- loosen
- make concessions
- nix
- nullify
- opt out
- overturn
- pull out
- pull the plug
- quash
- recall
- recant
- release
- remove
- renege
- renig
- renounce
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- resign
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- scratch
- scrub
- separate
- set aside
- set free
- shoot down
- shy from
- stand down
- surrender
- take back
- throw in the towel
- throw over
- turn yellow
- unbind
- uncouple
- undo
- unfasten
- unfix
- unloose
- unsay
- untie
- vacate
- void
- wangle out
- wash out
- weasel out
- welsh
- wiggle out
- wimp out
- wipe out
- withdraw
- worm out
- worm out of
- X-out
- yield
- zap
Définition of weasel out
Origin :- "to deprive (a word or phrase) of its meaning," 1900, from weasel (n.); so used because the weasel sucks out the contents of eggs, leaving the shell intact; the sense of "extricate oneself (from a difficult place) like a weasel" is first recorded 1925; that of "to evade and equivocate" is from 1956.
- As in recant : verb take back something said
- As in back out : verb withdraw
- As in renege : verb go back on one's word
- As in repeal : verb declare null and void
- As in rescind : verb declare null and void
- As in chicken out : verb back down
- As in disengage : verb free from connection
- If there be a doubt, I shall contrive to get the weasel out of the way.
- Extract from : « Pabo, The Priest » by Sabine Baring-Gould
- The ambitious young man had slunk like a weasel out of this civil war into which he had heedlessly thrown himself.
- Extract from : « History of the Commune of 1871 » by P. Lissagary
- Bevis looked at him a little while, and then put his foot on the spring and pressed it down and took the weasel out.
- Extract from : « Wood Magic » by Richard Jefferies
- The Conductor immediately threw the Weasel out of the window, as ordered, and the Hatter resumed.
- Extract from : « Alice in Blunderland » by John Kendrick Bangs
- Finally I went to the house for the gun, and when I returned found the weasel out chasing the hen again.
- Extract from : « The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan » by Norman Wood
- Mother used to say that all the worry in the world would never keep a weasel out of the hen-house.
- Extract from : « The Builders » by Ellen Glasgow
Antonyms for weasel out
- accept
- acknowledge
- admit
- affirm
- agree
- allow
- approve
- attach
- bind
- build
- collect
- combine
- confirm
- connect
- corroborate
- couple
- emphasize
- enact
- enforce
- engage
- entangle
- establish
- fasten
- gather
- go forward
- hold
- institute
- join
- keep
- legalize
- link
- maintain
- pass
- permit
- ratify
- recapitulate
- sanction
- support
- unite
- uphold
- validate
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