slip out

1. See let slip out .

2. Also, . Leave quietly and unobtrusively, as in She slipped out without telling a soul , or Let's slip away before the sermon , or Jason and Sheila slipped off to Bermuda . The use of slip with away dates from about 1450; out from the first half of the 1500s; off from the mid-1800s.

Example Sentences

To Penelope she said, “There is a coat and hat in your carpetbag, and food and water. It’s a bit heavier than it was, but I know you can manage it. This way, Penny—no, not through the shop. We will slip out the back door.”

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What they needed to do, both leaders agreed, was find a way to compete without letting events slip out of control.

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She says she heard a clicking noise in her safety restraint, after which she began to slip out of her seat.

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The risk is that things can slip out of control very quickly.

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A fourth defeat in five means Munster remain seventh but could slip out of the play-off places this weekend.

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