slip out
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See let slip out .
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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
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Slip out of the house and hurl it into the sea.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
"Slip out of your saddles and hang on!" called the foreman.
From The Pony Rider Boys in Texas Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plains by Patchin, Frank Gee
Slip out and creep noiselessly down the stairs.
From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
"Slip out without making any noise and bring Benton and the mayor for the picture."
From Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles by Richardson, James H.
"Slip out after me at the lock here; it 's so dark we 'll never be seen."
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James
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