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wriggling out of

wriggling out of is the present participle and gerund 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 wriggling out of

What is wriggling out of the present participle and gerund of?
Wriggling out of is the present participle and gerund of wriggle out of.

Words near wriggling out of in the dictionary

  1. Wrigglesworths
  2. wrigglier
  3. wriggliest
  4. wriggliness
  5. wriggling
  6. wriggling out of
  7. wrigglingly
  8. wrigglings
  9. wriggly
  10. wright
  11. Wright County

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