| 单词 | let slip |
| 释义 | let slipSEE SYNONYMS FOR let slip ON THESAURUS.COM Also, let slip or slide by; let slide. Miss an opportunity; waste time. For example, We forgot to buy a ticket and let our big chance slip by, or He let the whole day slide by. The first term dates from the mid-1500s, the variant from the late 1500s. Also, let slip out. Reveal something, usually inadvertently, as in He let it slip out that he had applied for the vacant position. [Mid-1800s] let slip through one's fingers. Fail to seize an opportunity, as in We could have won the trophy but we let it slip through our fingers. [First half of 1600s] Words nearby let slipletrozole, let's, Let's cross that bridge when we come to it, Let sleeping dogs lie, let slide, let slip, let someone, let someone down, let someone have it, Lett, letted The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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