slip out
phrasal verb
slipped out; slipping out; slips out
1
: to slide out
The hammer slipped out of my hands.
2
: to leave a place without being noticed
We'll slip out (through) the back door.
3
: to be said by mistake
I didn't intend to tell them. It just slipped out.
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Or that a medium-level AI that should be found within high-impact manages to slip out and avoid the high-level restrictions.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
If not for Kernodle, Kohberger may have very well collected his knife sheath, quietly slipped out of that Moscow home and drove off into the night — leaving police with no evidence beyond the make and model of his car.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Fischer, who worked out the deal with Meza Gonzalez’s attorneys, avoided reporters after the hearing by slipping out the courtroom’s back door.
—Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Jan. 2026
Use a pen, pencil or small stick inside the cup to keep the band from slipping out.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
If not for Kernodle, Kohberger may have very well collected his knife sheath, quietly slipped out of that Moscow home and drove off into the night — leaving police with no evidence beyond the make and model of his car.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Fischer, who worked out the deal with Meza Gonzalez’s attorneys, avoided reporters after the hearing by slipping out the courtroom’s back door.
—Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Jan. 2026
Use a pen, pencil or small stick inside the cup to keep the band from slipping out.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for slip out
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“Slip out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slip%20out. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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