let slip
Example Sentences
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But Townsend clearly feels that the flak he has received - after his side let slip a golden opportunity to beat the All Blacks and a 21-0 lead against the Pumas - has been unfair.
From BBC
Fulham "lose their heads" as they let slip a 1-0 lead and receive three red cards against Manchester United in their FA Cup quarter-final at Old Trafford.
From BBC
Maybe he was the lucky leprechaun I let slip away.
From Los Angeles Times
Going by the few details she has let slip — and what he have seen ourselves — we know she grew up in the Boston Quarantine Zone with no parents.
From New York Times
They kept the project secret, though Parton, in an interview with The New York Times late last year, let slip that she was a fan.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
