Synonym: blunder, error, glide, mistake, oversight, skid, slide. Similar words: lip, clip, flip, slide, slice, slight, Muslim, slightly. Meaning: [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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91) You mustn't allow a golden opportunity to slip through your fingers or you will regret it later.
92) They think they'll win the election easily, but there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
93) You're surely not going to let a job/man like that slip through your fingers!
94) She let slip that she had not paid her tax.
95) In the confusion that followed, she managed to slip away unnoticed.
96) The shoes have elasticated gussets, making them easy to slip off and on.
97) Did I call you Richard? Sorry, Robert, just a slip of the tongue.
98) Lately, his preoccupation with football had caused his marks at school to slip.
99) I mean to write 'week' not 'weak'--it was just a slip of the pen.
100) He let the ball slip through his grasp and into the net.
101) The only enclosure was a formal compliments slip from the accounts department.
102) She took the pupil up sharply when he had a slip of the tongue.
102) Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
103) The shoes have elasticized gussets, making them easy to slip off and on.
104) He had allowed the ball to slip from his grasp.
105) You don't need to go into the changing rooms - just slip the jacket on over your sweater.
106) She had a great chance/opportunity, but she let it slip.
107) That dress is too sheer to wear without a slip.
108) All eyes were on the speaker, and nobody noticed me slip into the hall.
109) In a class of 30 children, it is easy for one to slip through the net and learn nothing.
110) I managed to give him the slip by hiding behind a wall.
111) One man managed to slip from the club as police arrived.
112) Slip your shirt off and I'll listen to your heart.
113) Don't let the chance to work abroad slip through your fingers.
114) I thought I'd slip in a few jokes to lighten up the talk.
115) Tear off the slip at the bottom of this page and send it back to us.
116) This time, Radford did not let her chance slip away.
117) He's not the sort of man you can slip something over on.
118) There are laws there to protect the mentally ill, but now and then someone does slip through the net.
119) She let slip a few nuggets of information about herself.
120) She let the news slip by mistake , in an unguarded moment.