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weasel words

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weasel words (mainly American)

words that you use to avoid answering a question or to deceive someone. She was too experienced an interviewer to be taken in by the weasel words of crafty politicians.

See also: weasel, word

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wear the pants
wear the trousers
wear thin
wear to a frazzle
wear/work fingers to the bone
weasel
weasel out

weasel words
weather
weather the storm
wedded to
wedding
wedding tackle
wedge
weed out

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