give the slip
Example Sentences
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He departed secretly, according to some writers to give the slip to King John, according to others to escape his creditors.
From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)
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)
"Sure!" he says, and she give the slip to the waiter.
From Gullible's Travels, Etc. by Lardner, Ring
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
