Antonyms for weasel out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : wee-zuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwi zəl


Definition of weasel out

Origin :
  • "to deprive (a word or phrase) of its meaning," 1900, from weasel (n.); so used because the weasel sucks out the contents of eggs, leaving the shell intact; the sense of "extricate oneself (from a difficult place) like a weasel" is first recorded 1925; that of "to evade and equivocate" is from 1956.
  • As in recant : verb take back something said
  • As in back out : verb withdraw
  • As in renege : verb go back on one's word
  • As in repeal : verb declare null and void
  • As in rescind : verb declare null and void
  • As in chicken out : verb back down
  • As in disengage : verb free from connection
Example sentences :
  • If there be a doubt, I shall contrive to get the weasel out of the way.
  • Extract from : « Pabo, The Priest » by Sabine Baring-Gould
  • The ambitious young man had slunk like a weasel out of this civil war into which he had heedlessly thrown himself.
  • Extract from : « History of the Commune of 1871 » by P. Lissagary
  • Bevis looked at him a little while, and then put his foot on the spring and pressed it down and took the weasel out.
  • Extract from : « Wood Magic » by Richard Jefferies
  • The Conductor immediately threw the Weasel out of the window, as ordered, and the Hatter resumed.
  • Extract from : « Alice in Blunderland » by John Kendrick Bangs
  • Finally I went to the house for the gun, and when I returned found the weasel out chasing the hen again.
  • Extract from : « The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan » by Norman Wood
  • Mother used to say that all the worry in the world would never keep a weasel out of the hen-house.
  • Extract from : « The Builders » by Ellen Glasgow

Synonyms for weasel out

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