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wriggles out of

wriggles out of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wriggle out of.

Meaning of wriggle out of

Verb

wriggle out of (third-person singular simple present wriggles out of, present participle wriggled out of, simple past and past participle wriggled out of)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wriggle, out of.
    • The worm wriggled out of the man's pocket.
  2. (transitive) To avoid performing a duty or fulfilling an obligation, by sneaky means.
    • RMT General Secretary Eddie Dempsey claimed the operator was trying to "wriggle out of its agreements and block fair pay for its members".2025 June 25, Richard Wilcock, “Network News: RMT overtime ban prompts XC cancellations warning”, in RAIL, number 1038, page 11

Questions about wriggles out of

What is wriggles out of the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Wriggles out of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wriggle out of.

Words near wriggles out of in the dictionary

  1. wriggled
  2. wriggled out of
  3. wriggler
  4. wrigglers
  5. wriggles
  6. wriggles out of
  7. wrigglesome
  8. Wrigglesworth
  9. Wrigglesworths
  10. wrigglier
  11. wriggliest

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