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单词 give someone the slip
释义

give someone the slip

informal Evade or escape from someone: we gave them the slip at the station...
  • Then he casually suggested going for lunch in a nearby pub while they waited for banking papers to come through, before giving Mr Campbell the slip as he went outside to answer his mobile phone.
  • Well, my hitherto unknown skills at lock picking soon gave them the slip and I was free to start wandering around this fabulous city by myself, idly listening to conversations and shoplifting croissants.
  • Officers from the central intelligence unit kept him under watch for 24 hours a day but, on the morning that he fled to the Netherlands, he gave them the slip.

Synonyms

escape from, get away from, evade, dodge, elude, lose, shake off, throw off, throw off the scent, get clear of, get rid of, get free from, break away from, leave behind
informal ditch
British informal get shot of
archaic bilk
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