slip out
phrasal verb
slipped out; slipping out; slips out
1
: to slide out
The hammer slipped out of my hands.
2
: to leave a place without being noticed
We'll slip out (through) the back door.
3
: to be said by mistake
I didn't intend to tell them. It just slipped out.
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Worse still, the 3-1 defeat by Salford — when Wrexham were bullied into submission by a much more physical team — meant slipping out of the top three for the first time in 14 weeks.
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Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Image Determined to leave again, Paul slipped out two days later with nothing but the clothes on his back and made his way to a friend’s apartment near Central Park.
—Matthew Haag, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
But details that have slipped out indicate the policy changes are more substantive than expected, and that some industries will go away unhappy.
—Peter Sullivan, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
As one 26-year-old defendant slipped out of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's grasp this week, another landed squarely in it.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Image Determined to leave again, Paul slipped out two days later with nothing but the clothes on his back and made his way to a friend’s apartment near Central Park.
—Matthew Haag, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
But details that have slipped out indicate the policy changes are more substantive than expected, and that some industries will go away unhappy.
—Peter Sullivan, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
As one 26-year-old defendant slipped out of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's grasp this week, another landed squarely in it.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Slip out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slip%20out. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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