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Phrase(s): squirm out (of something)
1. Lit. to crawl or wiggle out of something. • The worm squirmed out of its hole and was gobbled up by a bird. • The worm squirmed out. 2. Fig. to escape doing something; to escape the responsibility for having done something. • He agreed to go but squirmed out at the last minute. • You did it and you can’t squirm out of it by denying it!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs