Antonyms for give the slip


Grammar : Verb
Spell : slip
Phonetic Transcription : slɪp


Definition of give the slip

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to escape, to move softly and quickly," from an unrecorded Old English word or cognate Middle Low German slippen "to glide, slide," from Proto-Germanic *slipan (cf. Old High German slifan, Middle Dutch slippen, German schleifen "to glide, slide"), from PIE *sleib-, from root *(s)lei- "slimy, sticky, slippery" (see slime (n.)).
  • From mid-14c. with senses "lose one's footing," "slide out of place," "fall into error or fault." Sense of "pass unguarded or untaken" is from mid-15c. That of "slide, glide" is from 1520s. Transitive sense from 1510s; meaning "insert surreptitiously" is from 1680s. Related: Slipped; slipping. To slip up "make a mistake" is from 1855; to slip through the net "evade detection" is from 1902.
  • As in leave : verb depart, abandon physically
  • As in lose : verb escape, avoid
  • As in avoid : verb refrain or stay away from; prevent
  • As in shake off : verb lose by getting away
  • As in sidestep : verb dodge
  • As in throw off : verb elude, escape
  • As in thwart : verb stop, hinder
  • As in lam : verb escape
  • As in cop out : verb abandon, quit
  • As in dodge : verb avoid
  • As in elude : verb avoid; escape
  • As in foil : verb circumvent, nip in the bud

Synonyms for give the slip

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