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)
"Sure!" he says, and she give the slip to the waiter.
From Gullible's Travels, Etc. by Lardner, Ring
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
He stood, cudgelling his brains to evolve a plan that would enable him to give the slip to the three men and to the servants who replaced them when they were called away.
From The Wild Geese by Weyman, Stanley John
Do you write word, what number you would be; and setting aside business, through the back-door give the slip to your client who keeps guard in your court.
From The Works of Horace by Horace
