overslip
Americanverb (used with object)
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to leave out; miss.
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to elude; evade.
Etymology
Origin of overslip
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at over-, slip 1
Example Sentences
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Dorsett is too keen to overslip the law in any way.
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen
Overrun, overshoot, overslip, are terms in hunting, overtop never; except perchance in the vocabulary of the wild huntsman of the Alps.
From Notes and Queries, Number 189, June 11, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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