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slip offTo leave a place, or a meeting, without being noticedRate it:

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slip offTo remove an article of clothingRate it:

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slip offTo leave a port, anchorage or mooringRate it:

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slip onshoe type; to try outRate it:

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slip one pastTo sneak something through a process or inspection; to hide something or conceal a fact; to prevent attention being drawn to something.Rate it:

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slip outTo leave quietly, and unnoticed.Rate it:

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slip outTo go out for a brief moment; pop outRate it:

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slip outTo be said or revealed by accident.Rate it:

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slip someone's mindTo be forgotten; to escape one's memory.Rate it:

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slip throughTo get past an inspection or procedure without any issue.Rate it:

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slip upTo err, falter; to make a mistake.Rate it:

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slip-upA mistake or error; a minor misstep.Rate it:

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occasionem praetermittere, amittere (through carelessness), omittere (deliberately), dimittere (through indifference)to lose, let slip an opportunity.Rate it:

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acte manquéa mistake which was unconsciously deliberate; accidentally on purpose; a Freudian slipRate it:

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c'est un beau brin de filleShe is a fine slip of a girl.Rate it:

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c'est une faute d'inattentionIt is a slip.Rate it:

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e (de) manibus effugere, elābito slip, escape from the hands.Rate it:

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einmal ist keinmalOne slip is allowed; everyone deserves a second chanceRate it:

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faire un faux pas(lit.) To stumble; (fig.) To make a slip; To commit a mistake.Rate it:

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fly the coopTo escape from a pen or similar enclosure.Rate it:

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fortunam ex manibus dimittereto let success slip through one's fingers.Rate it:

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il m'a faussé compagnieHe gave me the slip; He did not keep his appointment.Rate it:

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il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvresThere is many a slip ’twixt the cup and the lip.Rate it:

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la langue lui a fourchéHe made a slip of the tongue.Rate it:

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les plus beaux vers sont ceux qu'on ne peut pas écrire.—(lamartine , voyage en orient)“Ah! the best prayers that faith may ever think Are untranslatable by pen and ink.” Bishop Alexander .Rate it:

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memoriā labito make a slip of the memory.Rate it:

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noughts and crossespen and paper gameRate it:

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prendre sa plumeTo take up one's pen, to write a letter.Rate it:

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rakeThe direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured within the fault plane.Rate it:

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se glisser dansto slip intoRate it:

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slide offTo leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off.Rate it:

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straight out of the chuteSomething done immediately, or "from the beginning". Taken from rodeo routine: the bucking bronco, or bull, or the calf for the calf-roping contest is kept in a narrow pen, a chute, until it is released and dashes out to its fate.Rate it:

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victoriam exploratam dimittereto let a sure victory slip through one's hands.Rate it:

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writer's crampA debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil.Rate it:

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