give someone the slip
给人下马威,授人以柄
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slipped or slipt [slipt]; /slɪpt/; slipped; slip·ping.
- : to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- : to slide suddenly or involuntarily; to lose one's foothold, as on a smooth surface: She slipped on the icy ground.
- : to move, slide, or start gradually from a place or position: His hat had slipped over his eyes.
- : to slide out of or become disengaged from a fastening, the grasp, etc.: The soap slipped from my hand.
- : to pass without having been acted upon or used; be lost; get away: to let an opportunity slip.
- : to pass from the mind, memory, or consciousness.
- : to elapse or pass quickly or imperceptibly: The years slipped by.
- : to become involved or absorbed easily: to slip into a new way of life.
- : to move or go quietly, cautiously, or unobtrusively: to slip out of a room.
- : to put on or take off a garment easily or quickly: She slipped on the new sweater. He slipped off his shoes.
- : to make a mistake or error: As far as I know, you haven't slipped once.
- : to fall below a standard or accustomed level, or to decrease in quantity or quality; decline; deteriorate: His work slipped last year.
- : to be said or revealed inadvertently: The words just slipped out.
- : to read, study, consider, etc., without attention: He slipped over the most important part.
- : Aeronautics. to slide sideways, toward the center of the curve described in turning.Compare skid.
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slipped or slipt [slipt]; /slɪpt/; slipped; slip·ping.
- : to cause to move, pass, go, etc., with a smooth, easy, or sliding motion.
- : to put, place, pass, insert, or withdraw quickly or stealthily: to slip a letter into a person's hand.
- : to put on or take off easily or quickly: He slipped the shirt over his head.
- : to let or make slide out of a fastening, the hold, etc.: I slipped the lock, and the door creaked open.
- : to release from a leash, harness, etc., as a hound or a hawk.
- : to get away or free oneself from; escape: The cow slipped its halter.
- : to untie or undo.
- : Nautical. to let go entirely, as an anchor cable or an anchor.
- : to pass from or escape.
- : to dislocate; put out of joint or position: I slipped a disk in my back.
- : to shed or cast: The rattlesnake slipped its skin.
- : to ignore, pass over, or omit, as in speaking or writing.
- : to let pass unheeded; neglect or miss.
- : Boxing. to evade or avoid by moving or turning the body quickly: He slipped a right and countered with a hard left.
- : to bring forth prematurely.
- : British. to detach from a moving train as it passes through a station.
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- : an act or instance of slipping.
- : a sudden losing of one's foothold, as on slippery ground.
- : a mistake in judgment; blunder.
- : a mistake or oversight, as in speaking or writing, especially a small one due to carelessness: a minor slip in addition; a slip of the tongue; a slip of the pen.
- : an error in conduct; indiscretion.
- : something easily slipped on or off.
- : a decline or fall in quantity, quality, extent, etc., or from a standard or accustomed level: a slip in prices.
- : Clothing. a woman's undergarment, sleeveless and usually having shoulder straps, extending from above the bust down to the hemline of the outer dress.an underskirt, as a half-slip or petticoat.
- : a pillowcase.
- : an inclined plane, sloping to the water, on which vessels are built or repaired.
- : Nautical. the difference between the speed at which a screw propeller or paddle wheel would move if it were working against a solid and the actual speed at which it advances through the water.
- : a space between two wharves or in a dock for vessels to lie in.
- : Electricity. the difference between the synchronous and the operating speeds of a motor.
- : Machinery. the difference between output speed and input or theoretical speed in certain fluid or electromagnetic devices, as couplings or motors. the difference between the actual volume of water or other liquid delivered by a pump during one complete stroke and the theoretical volume as determined by calculation of the displacement.
- : unintended movement or play between mechanical parts or the like.
- : Cricket. the position of a fielder who stands behind and to the offside of the wicketkeeper.the fielder playing this position.
- : Geology. the relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault, measured along the fault plane.a small fault.
- : Also called glide .Metallurgy. plastic deformation of one part of a metallic crystal relative to the other part due to shearing action.
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- : slip away, to depart quietly or unobtrusively; steal off.to recede; slowly vanish: All those facts I had memorized just slipped away.
- : slip up, to make an error; fail: I slipped up and put the letter in the wrong envelope.
Phrases
- slip a cog
- slip of the lip
- slip one's mind
- slip out
- slip something over on
- slip through one's fingers
- slip up
- give the slip
- let slip
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The man stuffs the slip in his wallet, where it’s soon forgotten.
Your stay comes with a slip on Lake Glenville, where you can launch the property’s complimentary canoe, kayak, and SUPs.
When it was delayed until late August, military officials did not cite a reason for the schedule slip.
I’m using an iPhone 11 Pro, but based on the rigidity of the tension on the swivel, I have no doubt that people with larger phones—like the 11 Pro Max—won’t see any slips either.
There are other drawbacks to this as well—doing burpees and other similar movements on a hard surface can hurt you, not to mention that accumulated sweat on wooden or ceramic floors pose a serious slip hazard.
Block 3F is slated for release in 2019, but who knows how much that will slip?
Less than a minute into her big break, Slate let slip a highly audible F-bomb instead of the scripted “freaking.”
I know that Detroit is losing market share in auto sales, but how did they let the Motown sound slip out of their hands?
Both Time and CNN reinstated Zakaria after determining the slip-up was “an isolated incident.”
To his fellow survivors and to the audience, this delusion indicates another slip on a downward spiral.
Q was a Queen, who wore a silk slip; R was a Robber, and wanted a whip.
So my mother begged me to slip into the Rooms, with what was left, and try to get something back.
What the economist does is to slip out of the difficulty altogether by begging the whole question.
Only then did I own that by hook or by crook—and mostly by crook, I was forced to suspect—they had purposely given me the slip.
It's easy for a prisoner t' slip a note to a friend that happens t' be mountin' guard.