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• worm your way out of doing something — worm your way out of (doing) something phrase to avoid doing something by making excuses or giving clever reasons Thesaurus: to avoid doing something, or to avoid somethingsynonym Main entry: worm …   Useful english dictionary

• worm one's way out of —    If a person worms their way out of something, they use artful or devious means in order to avoid participating in it.     You re not going to worm your way out of this. You must do your share! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• worm out of — ˌworm ˈout of [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they worm out of he/she/it worms out of present participle worming out of past tense …   Useful english dictionary

• worm — worm1 [ wɜrm ] noun * 1. ) count a creature with a long soft body and no bones or legs a ) count an insect that looks like a worm b ) worms plural small creatures that look like worms and live inside the body of a person or animal and make them… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• worm — I UK [wɜː(r)m] / US [wɜrm] noun Word forms worm : singular worm plural worms * 1) [countable] a creature with a long soft body and no bones or legs a) [countable] an insect that looks like a worm b) worms [plural] small creatures that look like… …   English dictionary

• worm — worm1 [wə:m US wə:rm] n [: Old English; Origin: wyrm snake, worm ] 1.) a long thin creature with no bones and no legs that lives in soil →↑earthworm, ↑lugworm 2.) the young form of an insect, which looks like a short worm →↑glow worm …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• worm — 1 noun (C) 1 a long thin creature with no bones and no legs that lives in soil 2 someone who you do not like or respect 3 have worms to have parasites (=small creature that eats your food or your blood) in your body 4 the worm turns literary used …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• No Way Out (2006) — Promotional poster featuring Randy Orton Information Promotion World Wrestling Entertainment …   Wikipedia

• worm — [[t]wɜ͟ː(r)m[/t]] worms, worming, wormed 1) N COUNT A worm is a small animal with a long thin body, no bones and no legs. 2) N PLURAL If animals or people have worms, worms are living in their intestines. 3) VERB If you worm an animal, you give… …   English dictionary

• worm — [wɜːm] noun [C] I 1) a small creature with a long soft body and no bones or legs 2) computing a program that deliberately damages computer systems by making copies of itself II verb worm [wɜːm] worm your way into/out of sth to use clever methods… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English