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Phrase(s): worm (one’s way) out (of something)
1. Fig. to wiggle out of something or some place. (Fig. on the image of a worm working its way out of a very small space.) • Somehow she managed to worm her way out of the handcuffs. • Frank wormed out of the opening. • He struggled and struggled and wormed out. 2. Fig. to manipulate oneself out of a job or responsibility. • Don’t try to worm yourself out of this affair. It is your fault! • You can’t worm out of this.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs