fib (one's) way out of (something)



fib (one's) way out of (something)

To escape trouble or some predicament by telling lies. John fibbed his way out of a speeding ticket by saying he was rushing to his dying grandmother's hospital bed.
See also: fib, of, out, way

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LessieLES-eeEnglish
Hanna (2)HAH-nah (German), HAN-nah (Danish), HAHN-nah (Finnish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Hungarian
Pinar-Turkish
MelİKe-Turkish
&Aelig;&Thorn;Elr&Aelig;D-Anglo-Saxon
Efthymia-Greek