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What (who) is wriggle out of - definition
LINGUISTIC REGISTER USED IN NEWS MEDIA
Tabloidese; Wriggle room
wriggle out of
avoid by devious means.
wriggle out of
If you say that someone has wriggled out of doing something, you disapprove of the fact that they have managed to avoid doing it, although they should have done it.
The Government has tried to wriggle out of any responsibility for providing childcare for working parents.
= get out of
PHRASAL VERB: V P P n/-ing [disapproval]
wriggle out of
Get out of (by adroit management), work out of, work one's way out of.
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Journalese
Journalese is the artificial or hyperbolic, and sometimes over-abbreviated, language regarded as characteristic of the news style used in popular media. Joe Grimm, formerly of the Detroit Free Press, likened journalese to a "stage voice": "We write journalese out of habit, sometimes from misguided training, and to sound urgent, authoritative and, well, journalistic. But it doesn't do any of that."
Examples of use of wriggle out of
1. The employers‘ attempts to wriggle out of that commitment are as shameful as they are deceitful.
2. Other bidders must not be allowed to wriggle out of them.
3. Like Nicholas Ridley, Gordon Brown will try to wriggle out of compensation.
4. They would wriggle out of their one and only skin to avoid them.
5. An internal briefing paper suggests looking at ways to "wriggle out" of the European Union green energy commitment.