slip+from
111slip — slɪp n. slide, skid; trip, stumble; mistake, blunder, error; type of woman s undergarment; small piece of material (esp. paper); twig that is cut and used to grow a new plant; mixture of clay and water (used to decorate pottery); fabric covering …
112slip the memory — forget, vanish from memory …
113slip — become lower, lose ground My grades slipped last semester. My average dropped from B to C …
114slip — I. v. n. 1. Glide, slide. 2. Err, trip, mistake, fall into error, commit a fault. II. v. a. 1. Put stealthily, convey secretly. 2. Omit, allow to escape, lose by negligence. 3. Throw off, disengage one s self from. 4 …
115slip of the tongue — Language different from that which the person who uttered the words intended to say …
116slip stem — a spoon handle cut obliquely at the end from top to bottom …
117let something slip — let (something) slip to say something that you intended to keep secret. She doesn t like to tell people what she s doing, but sometimes she ll let something slip. From time to time, Alex lets slip an ugly comment about his colleagues. Usage notes …
118let slip — let (something) slip to say something that you intended to keep secret. She doesn t like to tell people what she s doing, but sometimes she ll let something slip. From time to time, Alex lets slip an ugly comment about his colleagues. Usage notes …
119(a) pink slip — American a letter from your employer which tells you that you do not have a job any more. It was Christmas time when Miller got his pink slip from the company …
120To let slip — Slip Slip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slipping}.] [OE. slippen; akin to LG. & D. slippen, MHG. slipfen (cf. Dan. slippe, Sw. slippa, Icel. sleppa), and fr. OE. slipen, AS. sl[=i]pan (in comp.), akin to G. schleifen to slide,… …
