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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“There’s been a whole series of legal challenges he’s been able to slip out of, but voters are at least vaguely aware of them,” Jillson said.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Is it rude to slip out of a party without saying goodbye?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
"We let the virus slip out through our fingers when it first emerged in the poultry industry," said corresponding senior author Thijs Kuiken, a professor at Erasmus MC.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026
But in the heat of the moment, playing sport, sometimes things slip out a little bit.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025
When the hokey pokey is done, I slip out to the back patio to see if Ray is around and if he got anything off Mom’s run-over phone.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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