give (someone) the slip

1. To move smoothly, easily, and quietly: slipped into bed.

2. To move stealthily; steal.

3. To slide involuntarily and lose one's balance or foothold. See Synonyms at slide.

4. To slide out of place; shift position: The gear slipped.

To pass gradually, easily, or imperceptibly: "It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by" (Vita Sackville-West).

1. To slide involuntarily and lose one's balance or foothold. See Synonyms at slide.

2. To slide out of place; shift position: The gear slipped.

To escape, as from a grasp, fastening, or restraint: slipped away from his pursuers.

To decline from a former or standard level; fall off.

To fall behind a scheduled production rate.

To fall into fault or error. Often used with up.

To cause to move in a smooth, easy, or sliding motion: slipped the bolt into place.

To place or insert smoothly and quietly.

To put on or remove (clothing) easily or quickly: slip on a sweater; slipped off her shoes.

To get loose or free from; elude.

To give birth to prematurely. Used of animals.

To unleash or free (a dog or hawk) to pursue game.

To release, loose, or unfasten: slip a knot.

To dislocate (a bone).

To pass (a knitting stitch) from one needle to another without knitting it.

The act or an instance of slipping or sliding.

An accident or mishap, especially a falling down.

1. An error in conduct or thinking; a mistake.

2. A slight error or oversight, as in speech or writing: a slip of the tongue.

3. A docking place for a ship between two piers.

4. A slipway.

5. A woman's undergarment of dress length with shoulder straps.

6. A half-slip.

7. A smooth crack at which rock strata have moved on each other.

8. A small fault.

9. The relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault.

Nautical

1. A docking place for a ship between two piers.

2. A slipway.

3. A woman's undergarment of dress length with shoulder straps.

4. A half-slip.

5. A smooth crack at which rock strata have moved on each other.

6. A small fault.

7. The relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault.

Nautical The difference between a vessel's actual speed through water and the speed at which the vessel would move if the screw were propelling against a solid.

1. A woman's undergarment of dress length with shoulder straps.

2. A half-slip.

3. A smooth crack at which rock strata have moved on each other.

4. A small fault.

5. The relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault.

A pillowcase.

Geology

1. A smooth crack at which rock strata have moved on each other.

2. A small fault.

3. The relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault.

The difference between optimal and actual output in a mechanical device.

Movement between two parts where none should exist, as between a pulley and a belt.

A sideways movement of an airplane when banked too far.