wriggle out

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escape v.
lam v.

VERB

escape

Synonyms

STRONGEST

avoid depart disappear dodge elude emerge evade flee fly leave run slip slip away vanish

STRONG

abscond bolt circumvent decamp desert double duck elope pass shun skip

WEAK

bail out burst out cut and run cut loose duck out fly the coop get away with get off go scot-free make getaway make off make oneself scarce play hooky run away run off run out on steal away take a powder take flight take on the lam work out of

Antonyms

STRONGEST

appear arrive come confront continue encounter face meet stand stay take on wait walk

STRONG

accept aid assist help

WEAK

capture remain

VERB

lam

Synonyms

STRONG

abscond avoid blow bolt circumvent decamp depart desert disappear dodge double duck elope elude emerge evade flee fly leave pass run shun skip vanish

WEAK

bail out break out burst out cut and run cut loose duck out fly the coop get away get away with get off give someone the slip go scot-free make a getaway make getaway make off make oneself scarce play hooky run away run off run out on slip away steal away take a powder take flight take it on the lam take on the lam work out of

Antonyms

STRONG

accept aid appear arrive assist come come in confront continue encounter face help meet remain stand stay stop take on wait walk

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wriggle out

Protected by their cipher and full of vim, the Americans were under a blanket of surveillance in Moscow so heavy that they couldn’t wriggle out long enough to meet refuseniks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

They've been led to believe he's got near-magical abilities to wriggle out of legal trouble, so why should they doubt he can do it again?

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2024

Ms Rayner vowed to "get tough" with developers who tried to "wriggle out" of their social obligations.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023

“Somehow I managed to wriggle out of that sweater and kept running,” she recalled.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2023

I try to wriggle out of Zephyr’s grasp.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

wriggle out

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