slip out

To Penelope she said, “There is a coat and hat in your carpetbag, and food and water. It’s a bit heavier than it was, but I know you can manage it. This way, Penny—no, not through the shop. We will slip out the back door.”

What they needed to do, both leaders agreed, was find a way to compete without letting events slip out of control.

She says she heard a clicking noise in her safety restraint, after which she began to slip out of her seat.

The risk is that things can slip out of control very quickly.

A fourth defeat in five means Munster remain seventh but could slip out of the play-off places this weekend.