Idiom
give someone the slip
Meaning
To evade, escape, or get away from somebody.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The thief managed to give the police the slip.”
“I tried to talk to my boss, but he gave me the slip and walked into a meeting.”
“After hours of being followed through the crowded market, the spy finally gave his pursuers the slip by disappearing into a dark alleyway.”
Examples
simple
“The thief managed to give the police the slip.”
contextual
“I tried to talk to my boss, but he gave me the slip and walked into a meeting.”
complex
“After hours of being followed through the crowded market, the spy finally gave his pursuers the slip by disappearing into a dark alleyway.”
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