weasel-out

Verb

(third-person singular simple present weasels, present participle weaseling out or weaselling out, simple past and past participle weaseled out or weaselled out)

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