weasel out in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for weasel out in the English»Spanish Dictionary

weasel [Am ˈwizəl, Brit ˈwiːz(ə)l] N

I.out [Am aʊt, Brit aʊt] ADV out often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (come out, keep out, knock out, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (come, keep, knock, etc).

1.2. out (not at home, work):

to eat or form dine out
to eat or form dine out

II.out [Am aʊt, Brit aʊt] ADJ

III.out [Am aʊt, Brit aʊt] PREP

IV.out [Am aʊt, Brit aʊt] N

See also speak out, out of, go out, cry out, call out

speak out VB [Am spik -, Brit spiːk -] (v + adv)

go out VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + adv)

cry out VB [Am kraɪ -, Brit krʌɪ -] (v + adv)

call out VB [Am kɔl -, Brit kɔːl -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

weasel out in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for weasel out in the English»Spanish Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He tried to weasel out of it for months and hoped no one would notice.
www.motherjones.com
Students like this will have spent their first and second years trying, unsuccessfully, to weasel out of them.
www.independent.co.uk
Car crushing is just a political weasel out from actually addressing the real issues.
www.caradvice.com.au
This is just not true, and if men did weasel out of blame, it was only because the had the prestige, wealth, and status to buy their way out.
www.macleans.ca
That suggests that he wants to weasel out of prison time in exchange for assistance.
cebudailynews.inquirer.net
First, she ran down the stereotypical stand-up comedian's list of reasons, including that lacking the legal right to marriage allows the less-committed partner to weasel out of it.
talkingpointsmemo.com
You can't water that down or weasel out of it.
www.eurekastreet.com.au
We've heard better from second-graders trying to weasel out of detention.
www.nj.com
And he tried to weasel out of responsibility with patently unbelievable testimony before the commission.
www.nydailynews.com
But to weasel out of paying compensation to an elderly couple is despicable.
www.thisismoney.co.uk

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