Antonyms for give the slip
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : slip |
Phonetic Transcription : slɪp |
- abet
- accept
- achieve
- aid
- allow
- appear
- arrive
- assist
- attract
- be ready
- calm
- care
- clarify
- clear up
- come
- come in
- complete
- confront
- continue
- delight
- encounter
- encourage
- enlighten
- entice
- explain
- face
- facilitate
- finish
- forward
- free
- help
- hold
- hold on to
- inspirit
- invite
- join
- keep
- let go
- liberate
- lose
- maintain
- make happy
- meet
- order
- permit
- placate
- please
- present
- ready
- release
- remain
- seek
- separate
- soothe
- stand
- stand up to
- stay
- stop
- straighten
- succeed
- support
- surrender
- take on
- wait
- walk
- want
- win
Definition of give the slip
Origin :- early 14c., "to escape, to move softly and quickly," from an unrecorded Old English word or cognate Middle Low German slippen "to glide, slide," from Proto-Germanic *slipan (cf. Old High German slifan, Middle Dutch slippen, German schleifen "to glide, slide"), from PIE *sleib-, from root *(s)lei- "slimy, sticky, slippery" (see slime (n.)).
- From mid-14c. with senses "lose one's footing," "slide out of place," "fall into error or fault." Sense of "pass unguarded or untaken" is from mid-15c. That of "slide, glide" is from 1520s. Transitive sense from 1510s; meaning "insert surreptitiously" is from 1680s. Related: Slipped; slipping. To slip up "make a mistake" is from 1855; to slip through the net "evade detection" is from 1902.
- As in leave : verb depart, abandon physically
- As in lose : verb escape, avoid
- As in avoid : verb refrain or stay away from; prevent
- As in shake off : verb lose by getting away
- As in sidestep : verb dodge
- As in throw off : verb elude, escape
- As in thwart : verb stop, hinder
- As in lam : verb escape
- As in cop out : verb abandon, quit
- As in dodge : verb avoid
- As in elude : verb avoid; escape
- As in foil : verb circumvent, nip in the bud
Synonyms for give the slip
- abscond
- abstain
- abuse
- avert
- avoid
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backpedal
- baffle
- bail out
- balk
- be beyond someone
- beat
- beat around the bush
- beat it
- bilk
- blow
- bollix
- bolt
- break away
- break out
- buffalo
- burst out
- bypass
- check
- checkmate
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- clear
- clear out
- come away
- confound
- confuse
- cop out
- counter
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cross
- curb
- cut and run
- cut loose
- cut out
- dance around
- dark
- dash
- decamp
- deceive
- defeat
- defect
- deflect
- depart
- desert
- desist
- disappear
- disappoint
- disconcert
- dislodge
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- double
- double-cross
- drop
- duck
- duck out
- elope
- elude
- embark
- emerge
- emigrate
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- excuse
- exit
- fake out
- faze
- fence
- fend off
- flee
- flit
- fly
- fly the coop
- foil
- forsake
- foul up
- frustrate
- fudge
- get around
- get away
- get away from
- get away with
- get off
- get out of
- get rid of
- give someone the slip
- give the run-around
- give the runaround
- give the slip
- give wide berth to
- go
- go around
- go away
- go forth
- go scot-free
- hang up
- have alibi
- head out
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hide
- hinder
- hold off
- hold up
- impede
- issue
- juke
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- leave
- leave behind
- lose
- louse up
- lurch
- make a getaway
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- malinger
- match
- migrate
- move
- move out
- move to the side
- not touch
- nullify
- obstruct
- obviate
- oppose
- outdistance
- outrun
- outwit
- parry
- part
- pass
- pass the buck
- pass up
- pit
- play hooky
- play off
- prevent
- pull out
- push off
- pussyfoot
- put the move on
- puzzle
- queer
- quit
- rationalize
- rattle
- recoil
- relinquish
- remove
- remove oneself
- renege
- renounce
- restrain
- retire
- revoke
- rid
- rid oneself of
- ride off
- ruin
- run
- run along
- run around
- run away
- run circles around
- run for cover
- run off
- run out on
- run rings around
- sally
- say goodbye
- scotch
- scram
- set out
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shift
- shirk
- short-circuit
- shrink from
- shuck
- shuffle
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skin
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- slide
- slip
- slip away
- slip out
- snafu
- split
- stall
- start
- stay away
- stay out
- stay shy of
- steal away
- steer clear of
- step aside
- step down
- stonewall
- stop
- stray
- stump
- stymie
- swerve
- take a hike
- take a powder
- take down
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take leave
- take off
- take on the lam
- take wind out of
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- throw monkey wrench in
- throw off
- thwart
- trammel
- trick
- turn aside
- unburden
- upset
- upset one's apple cart
- upset the apple cart
- use pretext
- vacate
- vamoose
- vanish
- walk out
- wander from
- ward off
- weasel
- weave
- welsh
- withdraw
- work out of
- wriggle out
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