Usually means: Avoid responsibility through cunning excuses.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (weasel out)

verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive, often followed by of) To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.)
verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To obtain or extract, especially by cunning methods.

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