give the slip

Example Sentences

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She was resolved, in that case, if a fair opportunity had offered, to give the slip both to her jailors, and to her new and reluctantly chosen confederate.

From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William

But remember, if, by some impossible accident, we should give the slip to these blackguards, I’ll take the upper hand of you by fair or foul.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

With or without Ismail's aid, with or without his enmity, he must control his eighty men and give the slip to the mullah, and he went at once about the best way to do both.

From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot

But it was not easy to give the slip to a man whose knuckly hand held him like a vice.

From The Big Otter by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

It is said that on one occasion he managed even to give the slip to Claverhouse himself, which, you know, is not easy.”

From Hunted and Harried by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)