slip

slip1 [ slıp ] verb ***

1. ) intransitive if you slip, your feet slide accidentally and you lose your balance or fall over:

Margaret slipped and broke her arm.

slip on: Be careful you don't slip on the wet floor.

a ) intransitive if something that is moving around slips, it fails to stay firmly on a surface:

The truck's wheels were slipping and spinning in the mud.

b ) intransitive if something you are holding or wearing slips, it falls from your hands, or falls from position:

The knife slipped and cut my finger.

slip out of: The ball slipped out of my hands as I tried to catch it.

slip off: Tighten the straps so they won't slip off your shoulders.

c ) transitive to become free or no longer held by something:

The boat slipped its moorings and started to drift.

2. ) intransitive to go somewhere, especially quickly and quietly without people noticing you or stopping you:

slip into/out of/through etc.: Several people managed to slip past the guards and into the concert.

Sarah slipped into the room and carefully shut the door.

3. ) transitive to slide something into a place or position:

slip something into/around/under etc. something: I'll slip the letter under your door.

John slipped his arm around his wife's waist.

a ) to put something somewhere or give something to someone quickly and quietly so that other people do not see what you are doing:

Michael slipped the bar of candy into his pocket.

slip someone something: If you slip him some cash he'll get you good seats.

4. ) intransitive to become gradually less strong or good or move into a worse condition:

Support for the death penalty has been slipping.

Profits slipped by 13 percent last year.

Standards have been slipping over the years.

a ) someone is slipping HUMOROUS if someone is slipping, they are becoming less good at doing something:

I beat you again, George. You must be slipping!

let (it) slip

to tell someone something secret by mistake:

She let slip something very interesting.

He let it slip that they intended to move to Canada.

someone's mask/demeanor slips

if your MASK or DEMEANOR slips, people start to see what you are really thinking or feeling:

Of course, she said quickly, her professional mask never slipping.

Glyn's calm demeanor seemed to be slipping.

slip (out of) your mind/memory

if something slips your mind/memory, you forget to do it:

How could she have let something so important slip her mind?

slip through your fingers

if something such as a chance, opportunity, or prize slips through your fingers, you fail to get it or take advantage of it:

let something slip through your fingers: You mustn't let an opportunity like this slip through your fingers.

This prestigious award has slipped through their fingers yet again.

slip through the net/cracks

to fail to be caught or protected by the system that was intended to catch or protect you:

A lot of poor people are slipping through the net because they don't know what they're entitled to.

,slip a`way phrasal verb intransitive

1. ) to leave secretly:

We managed to slip away early.

2. ) if something such as power or an opportunity slips away, you stop having it:

Organizers felt support for the project slowly slipping away.

,slip `by phrasal verb intransitive

if time or an opportunity slips by, it passes and you fail to use it or gain an advantage from it:

I had the chance to switch jobs, but I let it slip by.

,slip `in phrasal verb transitive

if you slip in a remark, you make sure that you say it in a conversation in a way that is not too obvious:

He managed to slip in a few comments about his rich father.

,slip `into phrasal verb transitive

1. ) slip into something to quickly put on a piece of clothing:

Give me a moment to slip into something more comfortable.

2. ) slip into something to gradually start to be in a bad state or situation:

She felt herself slip into unconsciousness.

The country is slipping into recession.

3. ) slip something into something if you slip a remark into a conversation, speech, etc., you make sure that you say it in a way that is not too obvious

,slip `off phrasal verb transitive

to take a piece of clothing off quickly:

Slip your shirt off and I'll listen to your heart.

,slip `on phrasal verb transitive

to put clothes on:

Ann slipped the jacket on to see what it looked like.

,slip `out phrasal verb intransitive

if something, especially a secret, slips out, you say it without intending to:

I know you asked me not to tell him, but it just slipped out.

,slip `out of phrasal verb transitive

slip out of something to take clothes off:

I'm going to slip out of this uniform as soon as we get home.

,slip `up phrasal verb intransitive INFORMAL

to make a careless mistake

slip

slip 2 [ slıp ] noun **

▸ 1 small piece of paper

▸ 2 slight mistake

▸ 3 sliding/falling

▸ 4 piece of clothing

▸ 5 liquid clay

▸ 6 in cricket

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) count a small piece of paper, especially one used for notes:

I left the message for you on a slip of paper.

a ) a piece of paper used for a particular purpose:

a voting slip

a betting slip

=> PINK SLIP

2. ) count a slight mistake, especially a careless one:

Tom played the piece well, despite a few slips at the beginning.

a ) a slip of the tongue something you say when you intended to say something else

b ) a slip of the pen something you write when you intended to write something else

3. ) count the action of sliding or falling

a ) a small change from a higher level to a lower one:

slip in: a slip in the price of technology stocks

4. ) count a piece of women's underwear consisting of a loose skirt or dress with no sleeves

5. ) uncount liquid clay used in making POTS

6. ) count usually plural in the game of CRICKET, a place near the BATSMAN where players stand when they are trying to catch the ball

give someone the slip INFORMAL

to escape from someone who is following or chasing you

a slip of a boy/girl INFORMAL OLD-FASHIONED

a small thin boy/girl