slip out

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.

Examples of slip out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Leigh began to slip out the house, repeatedly attending a production of Romeo and Juliet starring Olivier and John Gielgud. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

But the one that stands out the most was Dolphins punter Bradley Pinion letting the ball slip out of his hands while trying to punt the ball away after Caleb Douglas dropped a reception that wouldn’t have converted a third-and-15. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026

In the last several months, both OpenAI and Anthropic have reported that their own AI agents have slipped out of evaluation sandboxes to reach third-party organizations — incidents that were disclosed after the fact. — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026

Pack a waterproof phone pouch Between pool decks and water excursions, there’s no shortage of chances to have a phone slip out of your grasp and straight into water. — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for slip out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout