Usually means: Evade or escape someone stealthily.
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  1. give someone the slip: Merriam-Webster
  2. give someone the slip: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. give someone the slip: Collins English Dictionary
  4. give someone the slip: Wiktionary
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▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To evade, escape, or get away from somebody.

Similar:
elude, evade, outslip, slip out, escape, get away, slide off, skip out, skip, slip away, more...

Opposite:
catch up with, intercept, apprehend, capture, corner

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Similar:
elude, evade, outslip, slip out, escape, get away, slide off, skip out, skip, slip away, more...

Opposite:
catch up with, intercept, apprehend, capture, corner



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