give the slip
Example Sentences
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He departed secretly, according to some writers to give the slip to King John, according to others to escape his creditors.
From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)
"The lobby doors are open wide, And if I don't get in, But give the slip to our stern Whip, Just won't there be a din!"
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 19th 1893 by Various
Are you going 13 to give the slip to the sheriff’s officers of conscience by the one open door?”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
He stood, cudgelling his brains to evolve a plan that would enable him to give the slip to the three men and to the servants who replaced them when they were called away.
From The Wild Geese by Weyman, Stanley John
But it was not easy to give the slip to a man whose knuckly hand held him like a vice.
From The Big Otter by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
