I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a scrap/slip of paper (= a small piece )
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He scribbled Pamela’s address on a scrap of paper.
break free of/slip its moorings
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The great ship slipped her moorings and slid out into the Atlantic.
compliment slip
descend/slip into chaos (= gradually become completely confused and disorganized )
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After the invasion, the country lapsed into chaos.
Freudian slip
It had...slipped...mind that
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It had completely slipped her mind that Dave still had a key to the house.
paying-in slip
pink slip
sales slip
sink/slip/slide into oblivion (= fade into oblivion )
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It was once a popular game, but it has since sunk into oblivion.
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The old machines eventually slid into oblivion.
slide/slip into recession (= start to experience a recession )
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Most analysts don’t believe the economy will slide into recession.
slide/slip/sink into obscurity (= fade into obscurity )
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Many scientific theories are never proved and slip into obscurity.
slip case
slip road
slip your shoes on/off (= put them on or take them off quickly or gently )
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She slipped off her shoes and curled her feet up under her on the sofa.
slip/fall/settle into a routine (= get into a routine without making any difficulty )
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The team slipped quickly into a routine.
slip/lapse/fall/sink into a coma (= go into one )
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Brett slipped into a coma from which he never awakened.
slipped disc (= one that has moved out of its correct place )
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He retired early because of a slipped disc .
slipped disc
slipping on banana skins
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This government has an unhappy knack of slipping on banana skins .
slip/stumble/trip etc and fall
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He slipped and fell on the ice.
standards fall/slip/decline
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School inspectors say that educational standards have fallen.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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As time grew short and the last days of peace slipped away , he began to make arrangements for his departure.
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Already the gift of coherency is slipping away .
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But I should never have let you slip away so easily.
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The tournament was mine to win and somehow the victory slipped away .
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Any chance he had had of giving Meik a parting gift had slipped away .
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For the parents time seems both to slip away yet remain frozen in place.
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I have only slipped away into the next room.
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When she slipped away to the restroom, I glanced across the room and noticed a white man staring at me.
back
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I wonder whether later she might slip back up the stairs and come to me.
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But the genre always seems to slip back into a coma.
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Yet evolutionary science also pointed to the precariousness of moral progress-how it could so easily slip back into animal chaos.
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Chances are prices will slip back a bit soon.
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But they slipped back inside, leaving his smile hanging like a rag on a stick.
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When you actually stop and fink about what you just said, you say oh no, I slipped back into Patois.
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I cried to myself, and slipped back over the rail, and dropped into a chair.
by
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Delays within the bureaucratic maze eventually allowed the opportunity to slip by .
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The side of the highway: cars slipping by , those in the closest lane slowing to get off on to a ramp.
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Time was slipping by , and with each passing day the trail cooled a little more.
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The older you get, the quicker it seems to slip by .
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The case must be sent there within 28 days of sentencing, and 14 of those days have already slipped by .
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Do not let their meanings slip by , only vaguely perceived in your reading.
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I feel as if I can slip by , no one will notice me or comment.
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The coroner suddenly reined in his horse, staring back at a group of dark figures who had just slipped by .
down
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A longer pair for waders and which are prevented from slipping down by an elasticated band, cost a pound more.
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I was firing and shooting, and then I stopped for a second because my helmet had slipped down over my eyes.
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Thought it had slipped down the bedclothes somewhere.
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Three-dimensional blobs slip down into the mantle or rise like fat flames from the surface of the core.
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His hand slipped down to his belt.
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One of her stockings had slipped down and she stopped to fix it in the doorway.
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Her flailing hand slipped down to the pack, wrenching its cords open, just as cruel fingers seized her arm.
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But the mask was too large and heavy and kept slipping down his face.
easily
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The plane slipped easily down out of the night sky on to the Doha runway.
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Janir slipped easily out of her arms into mine.
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When your wrists are momentarily out of sight you can easily slip off the ropes in the manner described.
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Steam 8 minutes, or until a skewer easily slips in and out of the thickest part of the fish.
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He was knighted in 1949, then slipped easily into the role of cricketing elder statesman.
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I know some guys who bail out after the first sign of difficulty and easily slip into a new relationship.
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Discs are easily slipped by an over-stretching movement.
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But, interestingly even though these children slip easily into fantasy their make-believe world is not rich and full.
in
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She slipped in and closed it very carefully.
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Steam 8 minutes, or until a skewer easily slips in and out of the thickest part of the fish.
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I slipped in to see if he was all right.
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Individuals slip in and out without most people being aware of the fact.
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The smaller sized molecules can slip in between the larger ones.
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Before he left he slipped in to see his wife.
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Fortunately, the professor was annoyed and slipped in and nailed the guy.
just
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I just slipped out, walked down a corridor, out through a side exit and came down to home.
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The first one just slipped totally out of my hand.
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I just slipped that in seeing as how you congratulated me on my history.
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You might just slip in a reference to pipes or to attics in your next conversation.
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She hadn't meant to ask, the words had just slipped out.
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Just slip it in your bag or briefcase.
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And then, against tight bowling and good catching, wickets just slipped away.
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Sometimes this process is barely conscious-the repeats just slip in, filling up the page.
off
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The three of us had been going to spend the evening together but Buffy had slipped off .
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The last ice was slipping off the rocks.
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To peel, cover with boiling water, let stand 2 to 3 minutes, then drain and slip off outer skin.
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The tanker slipped off the road, rolled over and landed on its side in a 20-foot-deep ravine.
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He slipped off his trousers and went to her.
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Mesmerized, she slipped off her robe and eased into the bed.
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Norton seconds held Sunderland to 3-3, so the Wearsiders slipped off the top spot.
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His feet turned capricious, slipping off at odd angles.
out
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It was scary because I could only put one foot in the stirrup and it kept slipping out .
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The first real glimmers of his frustration were starting to slip out .
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The last words had simply slipped out .
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As soon as he returned to his hut, I slipped out into the street.
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She kept him inside her until he grew limp and slipped out .
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He slipped out , and soon others took heart in his boldness and slipped out too.
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No one even noticed her as she slipped out into the dance-floor, and made her way out down the rickety steps.
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It was still dark, almost certainly, when she slipped out of bed.
over
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Everything then became a kaleidoscopic array of sounds and feelings as they slipped over the edge of control.
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He found himself in the bathroom slipping over vomit.
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Where he stood the grass was growing at an amazing rate it slipped over his shoes and up into his trousers.
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Then I slipped over and did a leisurely backstroke back up the pool.
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First, because I have to slip over to the pub without her.
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This theology slipped over the iron hand of the capitalist market like a silk glove.
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I could hear him slipping over the heaps of dirt, his spurs dragging in the rubbish heaps.
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The trousers have two zipped side pockets elasticated waist and zip opening cuffs for slipping over those ubiquitous trainers.
quietly
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She got up and slipped quietly out of the door.
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Then he kissed my forehead and quietly slipped out of the room.
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Theda slipped quietly into the house, leaving them to their quarrel.
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It was no longer possible to slip quietly by, and we walked within open range of the farms.
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He wasn't doing any showing off when he slipped quietly away into Orrie's shed.
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Harriet hesitated, then her natural impatience won the day and she slipped quietly towards the exit.
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I slipped quietly across the courtyard, pushed open the door and stepped into the darkness.
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The following day Agrippa announced we would leave and we slipped quietly out of Nottingham and took the road south.
through
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The nun pushed the door open further and slipped through , Delgard following close behind.
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He walked me to the sliding door, open just wide enough for a person to slip through .
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She pushed the door wider and slipped through into the treadmill chamber again.
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But this normally impenetrable barrier is easily breached by fat-soluble ethanol molecules, which slip through like little ghosts.
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The old servant emerged from behind a pillar, silently opened the heavy door just enough for Claudel to slip through .
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Ezra opened the door and slipped through .
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I slip through and my senses are immediately alive to a new intensity.
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Her foot then slipped through easily.
■ NOUN
arm
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Once he had turned the corner, he took the coat off and slipped it over his arm .
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The chain slipped from her arm , glittering, and fell to the sidewalk.
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John slipped his arm around Ixora's narrow waist, guiding her ahead of him.
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I slipped my arm over his shoulder.
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Alternatively, he might spread the front of the shirt across his body to stop it from slipping down his arm .
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He slipped his arm around her waist and she fell against him.
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The needle slipped into his blue-veined arm and he closed his eyes while he felt the first rush.
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The remains of the sculpture slipped through his arms , and he sank on to the sharp iron prong.
bed
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I slipped out of bed , got into a pair of jeans and a T-shirt and headed down the stairs.
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It was still dark, almost certainly, when she slipped out of bed .
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He listened to the door downstairs close and slipped out of bed to look through the window.
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Her ghost moved in the invisible dresser mirror as she slipped out of bed .
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She turned into her own room and, discarding her clothes, slipped into bed .
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When Frank slipped into bed next to me, I pretended to be asleep.
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Folly slipped out of bed and wriggled her toes in the thick, silky pile of the carpet.
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I knew when Frank slipped into bed beside me, but I did not move.
finger
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Her fingers slipped from sweaters and jeans.
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I waited, watching as she refastened the locks on the door, her greasy fingers slipping over the brass.
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Roman put the milk jug in front of her, his fingers slipped and the milk spilt all over the table.
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I grabbed her hand, and my fingers slipped into bloated flesh.
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Her fingers loosened and I slipped my hand away and straightened up.
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Her fingers slipped between her thighs; she was wet.
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It came clear from the bag, her finger slipping on to the trigger, thumb freeing the safety catch.
foot
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His foot slipped on the wet grass and he fell.
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His feet turned capricious, slipping off at odd angles.
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His foot slipped and he grasped at a piece of jutting tile and dragged himself back to safety.
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His foot slipped into the space between the wall and the scaffolding, and he tumbled forward on to the wall.
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The unwary movement caused her foot to slip on the footpath made muddy by the overnight rain.
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While making a final check in the loft, his feet had slipped on the wet glassy joists.
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As he turned, his foot slipped off the joist.
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She allowed it to fall in a circle around her feet , and slipped her khaki shirt off over her head.
grasp
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In Hampshire alone Gosport, Havant and Portsmouth all slipped from their grasp .
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Every solid fact slipped out of Blanche's grasp as soon as she believed she grasped it.
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While she was doing this, the child slipped from her grasp , and fell into the river where it was drowned.
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The government does not want them to slip beyond its grasp .
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He felt that things were loosening and slipping from his grasp .
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Although nominally in charge, control was slipping from his grasp .
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Long ago, he now realised, Nicholas had slipped from his grasp .
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The shot slipped from his grasp and nearly flattened the Head's wife.
hand
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Josie's hand slipped on the grater and a bright bead of blood swelled out of her forefinger.
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Primo reaches for his wallet, lets it fall open in his hand and slips out a five.
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Suppose his hand slipped , suppose he were to shed Marcus's blood?
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My hand slipped and I had to hang on tight.
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His hand slipped down to his belt.
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My hand slipped into the pocket and came out with something hard and gleaming, a blue object with painted-on eyes.
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Her flailing hand slipped down to the pack, wrenching its cords open, just as cruel fingers seized her arm.
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A slight embarrassment fell on them, and her hand slipped out of his.
mind
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It slipped my mind because of the tragedy that followed.
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It had slipped his mind entirely that today.
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Jean hadn't even asked Helen what she had said; the entire episode had slipped her mind .
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Their faces slipped through her mind , round faces and long faces, thin, fat, smiling, sombre.
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He had seemed thrown for a moment, as though it had genuinely slipped his mind that he was about to be married.
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It is their chronicler's fault that their words and actions slip through the mind instead of staying.
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I can't believe it has slipped my mind .
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Yes, that had slipped her mind .
net
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Graham, on the other hand, had nearly slipped through the net .
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No one knows how many have slipped through the net .
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Even with the former region's history of testing in primaries, children continue to slip through the net .
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Alan Garcia, Fujimori's predecessor, slipped the net .
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Her foot slipped suddenly through the net .
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This one slipped through the net .
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Paul Merton slipped through the net .
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Several other counties are already regretting that he slipped through the net .
percent
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For the nine months to December, pre-tax profits slipped 13 percent to £247 million.
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Inflation has slipped to 3 percent from more than 10 percent over the same period.
room
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Angel Four eased the door open enough to allow him to slip quickly into the room beyond.
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One May morning I woke to find some one slipping through my room into the bathroom.
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Immediately after they tidied and washed up, they went to kiss Moran good night and slipped away to their rooms .
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Juliet slipped into Donna's room .
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Then he kissed my forehead and quietly slipped out of the room .
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He slipped from the room and purchased a beef sandwich from the barman upstairs.
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Quietly they slipped from the room .
■ VERB
allow
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If they had been invited it might have made it easier, since it would have allowed him to slip away unnoticed.
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I was not responsible for the chance encounter that allowed the virus to slip into my bloodstream in the summer of 1944.
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Angel Four eased the door open enough to allow him to slip quickly into the room beyond.
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And yet, you allow those memories to slip away!
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Clearly the Mason had given orders that the Angel Gabriel must not be allowed to slip away.
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Pods can also warp, allowing the batteries to slip out of contact, and the contacts themselves are often quite small.
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In one brief moment of weakness he had allowed the mask to slip .
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She allowed him to slip off her tights and the soft lace briefs beneath.
begin
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Tears welled up in her eyes and began slipping slowly down her cheeks.
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When I thought about our thefts, I could feel the crown on my head begin to slip away.
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Bank lending to the property market dried up, some property firms have gone bust and land prices have begun to slip .
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Quality, performance, and profitability all began to slip .
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He unbuckled his sword belt, then unlaced his jerkin and began to slip it over his head.
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The vague sense of depression that had settled over her in the library began to slip away.
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Spiro was earning £13,000 a month but had begun to slip into debt.
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The front wheels began to slip , and then the rear wheels hit the ice patch and they too began to spin.
keep
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It was scary because I could only put one foot in the stirrup and it kept slipping out.
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He was wearing Sperry Top-Siders, the kind with the white soles that keep you from slipping .
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In fact it would keep slipping off the agenda.
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She wrapped me in the dress, which kept slipping off my shoulders and dragged through the dust as we walked.
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He pushed back a long, greasy spike of hair that kept slipping down and pricking his ear.
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But the mask was too large and heavy and kept slipping down his face.
let
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Tricia backed her way out, never taking her eyes off me or letting her bearings slip .
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Colin, on the other hand, became discouraged and let things slip .
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But I should never have let you slip away so easily.
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As an aside, the parties let it slip that the idea of a true playoff system had been scrapped.
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From there on, they never let slip their icy grip on the game.
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The Celtics let this one slip away slowly, painfully and needlessly.
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She had learned it the hard way and she never let her guard slip at all.
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Wrapped up with visions of kissing Deborah, I had ignored his bedtime rituals and let him slip away.
seem
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His feelings of restlessness were compounded by the fact that his own work seemed to be slipping away from him.
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For the parents time seems both to slip away yet remain frozen in place.
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The great moment seems to be slipping away.
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Events seemed to be slipping away, voices were welling from the inside and were poised to be audible.
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But the genre always seems to slip back into a coma.
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A fact which seems to have slipped by the greybeards of the art world.
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Tony looked up and smiled, but his gaze seemed to slip off her forehead.
try
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But really I want to try to slip past them.
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I said, trying to slip a morsel of fish between her teeth.
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Had he guessed she would try to slip away?
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The companies are watching carefully lest other lobbyists try to slip the tougher provisions back in.
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He tried to slip in unnoticed but it was too late.
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Better still, get him to try and slip a man in through the sea-gate.
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We try and slip him in on the sly when we think we've got them hooked.
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As they walked to the car, Nicky tried to slip his arm around her waist.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fall/slip through the net
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Even with the former region's history of testing in primaries, children continue to slip through the net .
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Graham, on the other hand, had nearly slipped through the net .
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In a child-centred class of 30 children it is easy for some to slip through the net and learn nothing.
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No one knows how many have slipped through the net .
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One group still fell through the net .
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Paul Merton slipped through the net .
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This one slipped through the net .
fly/slip under sb's/the radar
slip of the tongue
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Did I say "Harlow"? Sorry, I meant "Harrow". It was just a slip of the tongue .
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He quickly corrected his unfortunate slip of the tongue .
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In an apparent slip of the tongue , Ms. Bianchi referred to Omaha as Oklahoma.
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He had made an unfortunate slip of the tongue himself.
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Much of the humour derives from slips of the tongue , an occupational hazard.
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One slip of the tongue would have betrayed all I was working for.
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They both use the same root consonants, which are rearranged as in a dream or a slip of the tongue .
slip through the net
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Even with the former region's history of testing in primaries, children continue to slip through the net .
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Graham, on the other hand, had nearly slipped through the net .
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In a child-centred class of 30 children it is easy for some to slip through the net and learn nothing.
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No one knows how many have slipped through the net .
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Paul Merton slipped through the net .
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Several other counties are already regretting that he slipped through the net .
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This one slipped through the net .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As the boys went down the path they slipped on the wet leaves.
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Be careful you don't slip - the floor's wet.
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Brenda slipped on the icy sidewalk.
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Dave slipped me $20 when Jerry wasn't looking.
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During the meeting, she reached under the table and slipped a note into my hand,
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He slipped and fell. I think he's broken his arm.
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He used to make sure his apartment was in immaculate condition, but he's let things slip recently.
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Her bag slipped off her shoulder.
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I know it's a private party, but if you slip the doorman $5 he'll let you in.
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I walked slowly through the mud, trying not to slip and fall.
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Mansell has now slipped to third position.
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Sales slipped to $4.5 million from $5 million the previous quarter.
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She slipped on the icy sidewalk and grabbed Will's arm to steady herself.
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Standards have slipped in the past few months, and we have to try and improve our performance.
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Standards have really slipped there recently.
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The American slipped from second place to fourth.
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The results will not be announced before Tuesday, and the timetable may slip even further because of the strike.
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The team has been slipping down the league table and really needs some new players if it is to improve.
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These glasses keep slipping down my nose.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Quietly, in the dark of the night, Myong-Hwan slipped into Boshigol.
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Sukarno Loses Control Power was slipping from his hands.
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The blue rose on stubby wings, twisting acrobatically to slip the blow.
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Their privatization programs slipped badly last year, and both governments desperately need cash.
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Then the carrier top will slip off your head and crash down and crush your wrists.
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With luck he could slip through his legs, get up the stairs, then off through the yard and away.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
freudian
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Perhaps not letting you know the party was off was a Freudian slip .
little
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She fed the little slips of cardboard one by one into its grinding jaws.
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How do you know she was such a little slip of a girl, Bern?
■ VERB
give
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From about the time of the invention of red-figure some black-figure vases are given a white slip covering the orange clay.
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But she was confident she could give the police the slip .
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A week ago her plan had been to give Travis the slip and catch the first flight out.
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He gave her the slip , and there was a pause.
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Time allowed 08:29 Still at large ... armed prisoner gives police the slip .
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Somehow the Girls gave Daisy the slip and went off with them.
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But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she hadn't been too successful at that the last time.
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Perhaps he thought that, and he'd given me the slip .
hand
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Hugh handed me his slip with two pound notes.
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After all those years of hard work, they just handed me a pink slip and it was over.
let
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Attention creates the foreground of consciousness, letting the rest slip into peripheral awareness.
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During his 1995 mayoral campaign, Miller was adamantly opposed to letting Tucson Water slip into private hands.
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On the few occasions I have met him it has been very difficult for me not to let slip something about you.
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He tried to let Billie and Carlo slip to the back of his mind.
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I happened to let slip how much James gave me for it.
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Not a word had Dooley let slip , not even a hint.
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And on most of the occasions when they had been alone together he hadn't let a chance slip by.
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Even if he did not allow himself to betray his secret directly he might let slip something that would provide a clue.
make
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Bumper bap Serves 1 Make two horizontal slips in a large bap without cutting right through.
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When making scalloped potatoes, slip in some sliced parsnips for a burst of sweet flavor.
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As soon as you make a nervous slip , he explodes with anger - humiliating you in front of colleagues.
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Terrified of making the slightest slip - Kinnock and the rest played safe - or what they thought was safe.
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But it is equally possible that he could spoil any chances he might have had by making some political slip .
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He did make one slip , of course - referring to Kemijärvi.
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He had made an unfortunate slip of the tongue himself.
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What on earth had made her let that slip ?
return
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If you would like to know more contact any of the people listed overleaf or return the tear off slip .
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Alternatively telephone your consultant or complete and return the attached slip .
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All course organisers returning slips showing the number of students on their courses were sent questionnaires.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fall/slip through the net
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Even with the former region's history of testing in primaries, children continue to slip through the net .
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Graham, on the other hand, had nearly slipped through the net .
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In a child-centred class of 30 children it is easy for some to slip through the net and learn nothing.
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No one knows how many have slipped through the net .
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One group still fell through the net .
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Paul Merton slipped through the net .
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This one slipped through the net .
fly/slip under sb's/the radar
let slip
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Alex let slip that he had spoken to Julie on the phone and knew where she was.
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He inadvertently let slip the name of their new product.
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Even if he did not allow himself to betray his secret directly he might let slip something that would provide a clue.
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From there on, they never let slip their icy grip on the game.
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He had let slip he was married.
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I happened to let slip how much James gave me for it.
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It was true that Miss Devenish let slip a good deal of fragmentary information about Tolby.
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Not a word had Dooley let slip, not even a hint.
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On the few occasions I have met him it has been very difficult for me not to let slip something about you.
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The chance to convert a proposal long mooted into reality was too precious to let slip.
slip of the tongue
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Did I say "Harlow"? Sorry, I meant "Harrow". It was just a slip of the tongue .
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He quickly corrected his unfortunate slip of the tongue .
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In an apparent slip of the tongue , Ms. Bianchi referred to Omaha as Oklahoma.
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He had made an unfortunate slip of the tongue himself.
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Much of the humour derives from slips of the tongue , an occupational hazard.
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One slip of the tongue would have betrayed all I was working for.
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They both use the same root consonants, which are rearranged as in a dream or a slip of the tongue .
slip through the net
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Even with the former region's history of testing in primaries, children continue to slip through the net .
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Graham, on the other hand, had nearly slipped through the net .
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In a child-centred class of 30 children it is easy for some to slip through the net and learn nothing.
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No one knows how many have slipped through the net .
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Paul Merton slipped through the net .
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Several other counties are already regretting that he slipped through the net .
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This one slipped through the net .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't worry -- we all make slips from time to time.
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Everyone who votes has to fill in a slip of paper in order to register.
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I looked through my wallet for last month's wage slip .
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If you make one slip , it could cost you a lot.
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People doing this kind of precision work can't afford to make the slightest slip .
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The bank clerk handed me an official blue slip to sign.
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There was a credit-card slip stapled to the receipt.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A week ago her plan had been to give Travis the slip and catch the first flight out.
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She fed the little slips of cardboard one by one into its grinding jaws.