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give the slip

give the slip idiom

Escape or evade someone. For example, He saw the rival gang approaching but managed to give them the slip. [Mid-1500s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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