give the slip

give someone the slip (informal)

to escape from someone who is with you, following you, or watching you. There was a man following me when I left the office, but I gave him the slip on the crowded main street.

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give someone the slip

to escape from someone who is watching or following you. Reporters kept trying to follow the agents, and the agents drove in circles trying to give them the slip.

See also: give, slip