give the slip
Example Sentences
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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
To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
But remember, if, by some impossible accident, we should give the slip to these blackguards, I’ll take the upper hand of you by fair or foul.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Do you write word, what number you would be; and setting aside business, through the back-door give the slip to your client who keeps guard in your court.
From The Works of Horace by Horace
With or without Ismail's aid, with or without his enmity, he must control his eighty men and give the slip to the mullah, and he went at once about the best way to do both.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot
