(UK, colloquial) To operate in a skilfully shifty or evasive manner.
(UK, colloquial) To operate in a skilfully shifty or evasive manner.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(idiomatic, intransitive, followed by of or from) To move or act so as to achieve avoidance, escape, or evasion.
(slang, idiomatic, transitive) To lie low; to hide.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To depart quickly or exit abruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.
(idiomatic, transitive) To depart quickly or exit abruptly by way of, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.
(AU, NZ) To dodge responsibility; to pass something on to another so that they take the blame.