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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
slip by en · VERB
Meanings
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(ambitransitive, figuratively, sometimes) To pass without being noticed or intercepted.
The children managed to slip by when the patroller was looking away.
The children slipped by the patroller.
She held her nerve after failing to serve out the match at the first attempt, seeing three match points slip by in a nervous service game at 6-4 5-4 and recovering from losing the tie-break to dominate the decider.
2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport:
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Synonyms
go by