Avoid and Weasel

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Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.

Usage example: trying to avoid writing thank-you notes for the gifts he didn't like

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Weasel and avoid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Weasel" instead a verb "Avoid".

Weasel verb - To avoid giving a definite answer or position.

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Avoid and weasel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avoid" instead a verb "Weasel".

Skunks, formerly classified as mustelids but now given their own group Mephitidae, have their own trope; a skunk is definitely something to avoid, but is not necessarily as wicked as a weasel.

Source: Wicked Weasel
Alister Behaim, however, tries his best to avoid the Half Truth mentality of most people and speaks with as much directness as possible, avoiding weasel words where he can, and comments that he's pretty sure that he's following the spirit of things better than many others.

Source: Will Not Tell a Lie
Richard has one in Thrill Me called "Afraid", where it finally hits him that he cannot weasel or charm his way out of his present situation—the only way he's going to avoid the death penalty is life in prison.

Source: B.S.O.D. Song

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