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Sentence count:234+10Posted:2016-07-16Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: blundererrorglidemistakeoversightskidslideSimilar words: lipclipflipslidesliceslightMuslimslightlyMeaning: [slɪp]  n. 1. a socially awkward or tactless act 2. a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. 3. potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics 4. a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting 5. a young and slender person 6. a place where a craft can be made fast 7. an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall 8. a slippery smoothness 9. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material 10. a small sheet of paper 11. a woman's sleeveless undergarment 12. bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow 13. an unexpected slide 14. a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air 15. the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning). v. 1. move stealthily 2. insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly 3. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner 4. get worse 5. move smoothly and easily 6. to make a mistake or be incorrect 7. pass on stealthily 8. pass out of one's memory 9. move out of position. 
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151) She watched it slip and slide this way and that to fall at her feet.
152) They always chose an aisle seat so that Sweetheart could slip away to talk to her friends without disturbing anyone.
153) Add rugs to hard floors for softness and interest, but make sure they will not slip and cause accidents.
154) He held it up, and let it slip between his fingers.
155) I set up a sort of base here where I can slip back and keep a change of clothes and so on.
156) He slowly pulled the object toward him, careful not to let it slip from his fingers.
157) Mark's idea of getting her to change gear was to slip on a nurse's uniform.
158) When a smart-looking chap with money turns up late and signs in some grubby slip of a girl as his wife?
159) Both the counterfoil and the voting slip have identical numbers printed on them similar to a cloakroom or raffle tickets.
160) He unbuckled his sword belt, then unlaced his jerkin and began to slip it over his head.
161) Health board workers can withdraw up to £100 each on production of their pay slip, their bank card and identification.
162) It doesn't kill them,[sentencedict.com/slip.html] it merely makes them slip off - a feature which can have important environmental advantages.
163) Hooligans often take care to evade police escorts and to slip into rival territories unobserved.
164) It would be embarrassing for the project to slip behind schedule, especially in the light of Eurotunnel.
165) And on most of the occasions when they had been alone together he hadn't let a chance slip by.
166) The combination of tuck and slip produces a more textured fabric in which the design shows more clearly.
167) A nimble slip fielder and occasional spin bowler, he played for Suffolk in 1938 and 1939 after leaving Hampshire.
168) Cut the tiles to the required width with a sharp craft knife, and just slip into place.
169) Disheartened, Santa Anna separated from his large escort and planned to slip through the mountainous country with three attendants.
170) You got to be careful when the pavements are frosty cos you can slip and hurt yourself.
171) But he talked so damn much, let slip a lot of details that added up to a fairly complete picture.
172) If at second glance you deem him a dud, you can slip back into anonymity and leave him to the barflies.
173) The reservation form and confirmation slip copy are then filed alphabetically in date of arrival order. 6.
174) But the genre always seems to slip back into a coma.
175) Make sure they are well balanced and will not slip off.
176) I was not responsible for the chance encounter that allowed the virus to slip into my bloodstream in the summer of 1944.
177) I slip a couple of times during the descent and set rocks running.
178) The dog was almost to the rail fence at the edge of the grounds when I felt somebody slip up behind me.
179) He stopped making excuses for him; he let his loyalty and his trust slip aside, and he saw Jean-Paul clear.
180) He had seen total nuclear disarmament in the grasp of his President, then seen it slip away.
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