slip off
Example Sentences
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In the first panel, Edward the Confessor inclines forward on the throne of England, as though about to slip off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
She once filmed herself plating an elaborate dessert—a petit gâteau in the shape of a Christmas ornament from the Miami bakery Bachour—only to have it slip off her spatula and break.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Crawley's miss at leg slip off the bowling of Josh Tongue when Smith had only 12 should have been taken.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026
Travelers no longer have to slip off their shoes, and the agency has expanded its own facial recognition technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
"I expect it will be loose by the morning and then it'll slip off easily."
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
