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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- lie (one's) way out of (something)
- lie your way into/out of something
- get a ticket
- argue (one's) way out (of something)
- argue way out of
- bluff (one's) way out of (something)
- bluff way out
- get away scot-free
- go scot-free, to
- walk away scot-free