Usually means: Avoid responsibility through evasive maneuvers.
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  1. wriggle out of: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wriggle out of: Merriam-Webster
  3. wriggle out of: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wriggle out of: Wiktionary

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verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wriggle, out of.
verb:  (transitive) To avoid performing a duty or fulfilling an obligation, by sneaky means.

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