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slip out
1. [for someone] to exit quietly without bothering anyone. I slipped out during intermission. 2. [for information] to be spoken without realizing that it is secret or privileged. The secret about her divorce slipped out when we were discussing old friends. slip out (of something) 1. to sneak out of a place unnoticed. Gloria slipped out of the theater at intermission. she slipped out and went home. 2. to slide out of an article of clothing. she slipped out of her dress and hung it neatly in the closet. Ted slipped out of his T-shirt and left it on the floor where it fell. slip out 1. to leave quickly and quietly I'll try to slip out at lunchtime and see if I can find her. 2. to unintentionally become known It slipped out during her interview that she had been fired from her last job. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At length, all but a score, who had apparently been left to prevent our escape, had left us, and our adventure seemed destined to result in a siege, the only outcome of which could be our death by starvation; for even should we be able to slip out after dark, whither in this unknown and hostile valley could we hope to turn our steps toward possible escape? You are to figure in the neighborhood from which you came as a man who has disappeared,--as a man, in short, who has found it impossible to pay his way and has preferred simply to slip out of his place. I mean the opera in which the two nuns slip out of the convent, and go to the ball. |
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