slip : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide
  cover glass.
  

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• noun a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals
  

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• noun undergarment worn under a skirt
  underskirt; petticoat.
  

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• noun bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
  case; pillowcase; slip.
  
  • the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase

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• a pillowcase.

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• noun official notice that you have been fired from your job
  dismissal; dismission.
  

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• adjective satellite having lost your job
  laid-off; dismissed; discharged; fired.
  

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• dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. Swift.

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• verb slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis
  

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• verb leave furtively and stealthily
  steal away; sneak away; sneak out; sneak off.
  
  • The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard
• verb pass by
  elapse; go along; lapse; slip away; go by; glide by; pass; slide by.
  
  • three years elapsed

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• verb pass by
  elapse; go along; lapse; slip away; go by; glide by; pass; slide by.
  
  • three years elapsed

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• noun a railway car at the end of the train; it can be detached without stopping the train
  slip carriage.
  

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• noun a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great
  slip clutch.
  

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• noun a railway car at the end of the train; it can be detached without stopping the train
  slip carriage.
  

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• . See under Dock.

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• noun a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great
  slip clutch.
  

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• verb insert casually
  insert; stick in; sneak in.
  
  • She slipped in a reference to her own work

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• (Mach.), a connecting link so arranged as to allow some play of the parts, to avoid concussion.

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• noun a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled
  noose; running noose.
  

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• noun a small sheet of paper
  slip.
  
  • a receipt slip

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• noun an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking
  

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• verb take off with ease or speed
  
  • She slipped off her jacket

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• verb put on with ease or speed
  
  • slip into something more comfortable after work
  • slip on one's shoes

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• verb pass out of one's memory
  slip.
  

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• noun connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine; provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts
  

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• noun a short road giving access to an expressway
  access road.
  
  • in Britain they call an access road a slip road

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• (Naut.), a rope by which a cable is secured preparatory to slipping. Totten.

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• noun a loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric; designed to be invisible from the right side
  

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• (Naut.), an arrangement for letting go the anchor suddenly.

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• verb make an error
  trip up; stumble.
  
  • She slipped up and revealed the name

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• noun pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws
  

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• noun an article of clothing (garment or shoe) that is easily slipped on or off
  

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Slip"-on` noun

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1. A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak. Scot.

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• noun a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
  parapraxis; miscue; slip.
  

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• noun a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
  ruptured intervertebral disc; herniated disc.
  

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• noun a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
  

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• to slip away from one; to elude one.

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• to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound; to allow to escape.

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• . (Naut.) See under Cable.

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• to take off quickly; as, to slip off a coat.

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• to put on in haste or loosely; as, to slip on a gown or coat.

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• to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die.

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• to get free; to disentangle one's self from difficulty, labor, or engagement.

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