Synonyms for slip out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : slip |
| Phonetic Transcription : slɪp |
Top 10 synonyms for slip out Other synonyms for the word slip out
- abscond
- baffle
- balk
- bamboozle
- beat around bush
- beat around the bush
- beat it
- beg the question
- bilk
- bolt
- break away
- cavil
- cheat
- circumvent
- clear out
- come away
- con
- confuse
- cop out
- cut out
- dance around an issue
- decamp
- deceive
- decline
- defect
- defraud
- desert
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- dupe
- elope
- elude
- embark
- emigrate
- equivocate
- eschew
- exit
- fence
- fleece
- flimflam
- flit
- fool
- forsake
- fudge
- get around
- give the runaround
- give the slip
- go away
- go forth
- go secretly
- go to Gretna Green
- gull
- head out
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hoodwink
- issue
- keep distance
- lay low
- lead on a merry chase
- leave
- lie
- migrate
- move
- move out
- parry
- part
- pass up
- pretend
- prevaricate
- pull a fast one
- pull out
- push off
- pussyfoot
- put off
- quit
- relinquish
- remove oneself
- renege
- retire
- ride off
- rip off
- run along
- run off
- sally
- sandbag
- say goodbye
- scam
- scram
- set out
- shaft
- shift
- shirk
- shuck
- shuffle
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- slip away
- slip out
- sneak away
- split
- start
- steal away
- steer clear of
- step down
- stiff
- sting
- take a hike
- take for a ride
- take leave
- take off
- take to the cleaners
- tap dance
- tergiversate
- trick
- vacate
- vamoose
- vanish
- waffle
- walk out
- weasel
- welsh
- withdraw
- worm one's way out of
Définition of slip out
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 weasel : verb avoid, evade
- As in welsh : verb renege, swindle
- As in elope : verb run away to be married
- As in evade : verb get away from
- Men cannot slip out of du--out of quarrels as they may out of coats.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- It was strange that he should have let Mary slip out of his thoughts and let Sheila slip into them.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- Even little girls cannot slip out of existence like that, undiscovered.
- Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- Then I felt a heavy pull on my rod and the line began to slip out.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- Slip out after me at the lock here; it 's so dark we 'll never be seen.
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- "Let's slip out of here while we have a chance," suggested Ned.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal » by G. Harvey Ralphson
- How the bill book happened to slip out of my pocket I cannot explain.
- Extract from : « Steve and the Steam Engine » by Sara Ware Bassett
- When that happens, he must slip out of the room, and let Nikita take his place.
- Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
- I kept them in line and they did not slip out from my feet any more.
- Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu
- All they could do was to slip out of the rim-rock and make for another zone of safety.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
Antonyms for slip out
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