to extricate oneself from

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• extricate — verb there s always someone who can extricate these wealthy little brats from their run ins with the law Syn: extract, free, release, disentangle, get out, remove, withdraw, disengage; informal get someone/oneself off the hook …   Thesaurus of popular words

• take the easy way out — extricate oneself from a difficult situation by choosing the simplest or most expedient course rather than the most honorable or ethical one * * * take the easy way ˈout idiom to end a difficult situation by choosing the simplest solution even if …   Useful english dictionary

• Kierkegaard’s speculative despair — Judith Butler Every movement of infinity is carried out through passion, and no reflection can produce a movement. This is the continual leap in existence that explains the movement, whereas mediation is a chimera, which in Hegel is supposed to… …   History of philosophy

• get — v. 1) (B) ( to deliver ) I have to get a message to her 2) (C) ( to obtain ) she got a newspaper for me; or: she got me a newspaper 3) (d; intr., tr.) to get across ( to cross ); ( to cause to cross ) (to get across a bridge; the general finally… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Moral responsibility — For other types of responsibility, see Responsibility (disambiguation). Part of a series on Freedom …   Wikipedia

• вылезать — ВЫЛЕЗАТЬ1, несов. (сов. вылезти и вылезть). Удаляться (удалиться) откуда л., двигаясь обычно изнутри наружу, прилагая усилия, цепляясь и упираясь руками и ногами; Син.: Разг. выбираться, выкарабкиваться, выползать; Ант.: влезать [impf. to crawl… …   Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов

• выкарабкиваться — ВЫКАРАБКИВАТЬСЯ, несов. (сов. выкарабкаться). Перен. Разг. Побеждать (победить) опасную болезнь, оправиться после нее или с трудом выходить (выйти) из тяжелого положения, словно вылезать, выбираться откуда л., преодолевая многочисленные… …   Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов

• weasel — {{11}}weasel (n.) O.E. weosule, wesle weasel, from P.Gmc. *wisulon (Cf. O.N. visla, M.Du. wesel, Du. wezel, O.H.G. wisula, Ger. Wiesel), probably related to P.Gmc. *wisand bison (see BISON (Cf. bison)), with a base sense of …   Etymology dictionary

• attempt — vb Attempt, try, endeavor, essay, strive, struggle as verbs mean to make an effort to do something that may or may not be successful and as nouns (the single exception in form being striving) mean the effort made to accomplish such an end.… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• squirrel out of something — in. to wiggle out of something; to manage to extricate oneself from a situation one does not wish to be in. □ He will do anything he can to squirrel out of going to the dance. □ Don’t try to squirrel out of it. Go through with it …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• inextricable — [in eks′tri kə bəl; ] often [ in΄ek strik′ə bəl, in΄ikstrik′ə bəl] adj. [L inextricabilis < in , IN 2 + extricabilis] 1. that one cannot extricate oneself from 2. that cannot be disentangled or untied 3. so complicated or involved as to be… …   English World dictionary