give the slip
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To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Do you write word, what number you would be; and setting aside business, through the back-door give the slip to your client who keeps guard in your court.
From The Works of Horace by Horace
"Sure!" he says, and she give the slip to the waiter.
From Gullible's Travels, Etc. by Lardner, Ring
He departed secretly, according to some writers to give the slip to King John, according to others to escape his creditors.
From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)
Are you going 13 to give the slip to the sheriff’s officers of conscience by the one open door?”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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