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give someone the slip

verb

Definitions

  1. To evade, escape, or get away from somebody.

    • The police chased the suspect for two days before he finally gave them the slip and vanished.
    • One way or another I'm gonna lose ya, I'm gonna give you the slip.

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No curated loop yet for give someone the slip. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA