- slip out
- I.leave quietly, slip away
I'll slip out and check the parking meter. Be right back.
II.speak carelessly, say it without thinkingI didn't mean to answer, Sir. The words just slipped out.
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slip out
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slip out — ˌslip ˈout [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they slip out he/she/it slips out present participle slipping out past tense … Useful english dictionary
slip out of — ˌslip ˈout of [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they slip out of he/she/it slips out of present participle slipping out of past tense … Useful english dictionary
slip out — index elude, evade (elude) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
slip out of — Synonyms and related words: bow out, cast off, creep out of, depart, disappear, dodge, doff, dog it, douse, drop, duck, duck duty, duck out, escape, exit, find a loophole, get out of, go on furlough, go on leave, goldbrick, goof off, leave the… … Moby Thesaurus
slip out of — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms slip out of : present tense I/you/we/they slip out of he/she/it slips out of present participle slipping out of past tense slipped out of past participle slipped out of slip out of something to take clothes… … English dictionary
slip out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms slip out : present tense I/you/we/they slip out he/she/it slips out present participle slipping out past tense slipped out past participle slipped out if something, especially a secret, slips out, you say it … English dictionary
slip out — 1. to leave quickly and quietly. I ll try to slip out at lunchtime and see if I can find her. 2. to unintentionally become known. It slipped out during her interview that she had been fired from her last job … New idioms dictionary
slip out — phr verb Slip out is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑word … Collocations dictionary
slip out of — phr verb Slip out of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑door, ↑grasp, ↑room … Collocations dictionary
slip out of one's memory — • slip (out of) one s mind • slip (out of) one s memory be forgotten I m very sorry I didn t come and meet you last night. Our appointment totally slipped my mind. (from Idioms in Speech) to forget Perhaps you really have a friend called Merde… … Idioms and examples
