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A weasel is a small animal with brown fur
But weasel is also used to describe
A person you cannot rust
Weasel out of (something)
Our work trip is coming up next week
Oh, I’m actually not going
What?
But the boss said everyone has to go
How did you weasel out of it?
I told the boss that my 102 year old
Great-aunt is coming to town that weekend
If you “weasel out of something”
You avoid doing something
Usually by lying or persuading someone
In a clever way
The word “weasel” acts like a verb
In this expression
Jonathon probably weaseled out of going
On the work trip by lying to his boss
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