wriggle out of

If you pull your head out of the weeds a little, this does not particularly look like an issue Democrats need to wriggle out of talking about.

Matthew Umhofer, an attorney representing the Alliance, said the city paid big money to Gibson Dunn in a failed attempt to wriggle out of its legal obligations.

For decades, he tried to wriggle out of that typecasting to play kooks and himbos.

As the dreaded emails started landing in their inboxes last week, many would-be workers were left scrambling, wondering if they needed to cancel travel plans, wriggle out of leases and line up other summer employment.

I'm not just saying that to wriggle out of trouble.