| 单词 | give someone the slip |
| 释义 | (idiom) Definition to escape from someone He gave reporters the slip by leaving by the back door at midnight. Synonyms escape from get away from evade He managed to evade the police for six months. shake (someone) off elude The thieves managed to elude the police for months. lose (someone) flee dodge Thieves dodged the security system in the shop. outwit slip through someone's fingers Additional synonymsin the sense of dodge Definition to evade by cleverness or trickery Thieves dodged the security system in the shop. Synonyms evade, avoid, escape, get away from, elude, body-swerve, slip through the net of in the sense of elude Definition to avoid or escape from (someone or something) The thieves managed to elude the police for months. Synonyms evade, escape, lose, avoid, flee, duck (informal), dodge, get away from, shake off, run away from, circumvent (formal), outrun, body-swerve in the sense of evade Definition to get around, shirk, or dodge (the law, a duty, etc.) He managed to evade the police for six months. Synonyms avoid, escape, dodge, get away from, shun, elude, eschew, steer clear of, sidestep, circumvent (formal), duck (informal), shirk, slip through the net of, escape the clutches of, body-swerve Nearby words of |
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