单词 | to give the slip |
释义 | > as lemmasto give (one) the slip a. to give (one) the slip, or variants of this: To evade or escape from (a person); to elude, steal off or slip away from unperceived. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > circulation of money > put into circulation [verb (transitive)] > pass counterfeits to give (one) the slip1567 output1576 to nail up for a slip1594 spring1686 smash1801 shove1859 drop1938 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > escape from threat > escape unperceived to give (one) the slip1567 to slip through the net1902 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > a person or slip away from aglya1250 outsteala1325 glide?1510 slip1513 betrumpa1522 to give (one) the slip1567 to get by ——1601 outslip1616 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1653 elude1667 to tip (a person) the picks1673 bilk1679 to tip (a person) the pikes1688 to give one the drop1709 jouk1812 double1819 sneak1819 shirk1837 duck1896 1567 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 326 This sayd Faithfull gave them all the slipp, and never appeared afterwards. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. Dv Not satis-fied wyth the slippe he hath giuen the Vniuersities and Lawes of learning. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvii. xliv. 661 Hee..gave him the faire slip, & escaped out of his hands. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xvi. 193 There he found means to give them all the slip. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 237 Salem gave his imperious Guests the Slip, and retired among his Arabs in the Country. 1773 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 284 He said he had rode the whole Way,..having given the Colbourn's the slip. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. iii. 98 One of the principal officers of finance..had given the slip to his guards. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. iv. 107 [I] thought to put an end to myself, and so give my woes the slip. 1884 G. Moore Mummer's Wife (1887) 78 [They] discussed how the slip should be given to Mrs. Ede. < as lemmas |
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