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.

Examples of slip out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That’s because in the last few minutes, on Tuesday, May 6, Apple has slipped out another beta: the iOS 18.5 Release Candidate. —David Phelan, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025

In London, the late Queen Elizabeth, then a 19-year-old princess, and her younger sister Margaret famously slipped out of Buckingham Palace to join the revelers. —Olivia Kemp, CNN Money, 5 May 2025

Michael Bown experienced this firsthand when his pitbull-mix, Millie, escaped during a walk in lower Manhattan after slipping out of her collar. —Analisa Novak, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2025

Armani Shoemaker, 3, died May 3, 2024, after slipping out of her family home and into an unlocked car in Columbia, South Carolina, authorities said. —Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for slip out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout