slip out
phrasal verb
slipped out; slipping out; slips out
1
: to slide out
The hammer slipped out of my hands.
2
: to leave a place without being noticed
We'll slip out (through) the back door.
3
: to be said by mistake
I didn't intend to tell them. It just slipped out.
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Every now and then, a fresh Mickey slips out of the regeneration machine and tumbles slickly onto the floor like a fleshy alien.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Paul slipped out, too, so that Geraldine could change into her nightclothes, returning to the deck, which was now emptied of guests.
—Colm Tóibín, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
This confrontational language slipped out of people unexpectedly, breaching the surface for oxygen.
—Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
Yet details of the other cost-cutting measures in the club’s ‘transformation plan’ had already slipped out, chiefly the changes to the club’s provision of food for employees.
—Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Paul slipped out, too, so that Geraldine could change into her nightclothes, returning to the deck, which was now emptied of guests.
—Colm Tóibín, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
This confrontational language slipped out of people unexpectedly, breaching the surface for oxygen.
—Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
Yet details of the other cost-cutting measures in the club’s ‘transformation plan’ had already slipped out, chiefly the changes to the club’s provision of food for employees.
—Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slip out
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“Slip out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slip%20out. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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