slip out

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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But that kept him entertained, as did his gaming console, which came in handy last year in Rome, when my husband and I slipped out to Piazza del Popolo for a glass of wine. — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 But with inflation still steadily rising, these drugs could slip out of reach for more and more Americans. — Dylan Scott, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026 Safety experts argue that this is a key point at which a system could slip out of human control, because once copies are running in places their creators don’t know about, they can’t easily be tracked down or shut off. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 The Bulls needed two kneel-downs to end the game, but the wet ball slipped out of the quarterback’s hands and the Dolphins’ Cameron Brown picked it up and ran 98 yards for the winning score. — Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 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 20 Oct. 2026.

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