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.

Examples of slip out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Advertisement Later that year, while hospitalized for an alleged appendicitis, Sobhraj took advantage of a blackout caused by the Indo-Pakistani war to escape, slipping out through the drainage pipes. —Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 5 Sep. 2025

The Hurricanes needed that to happen after the game nearly slipped out of their grasps. —Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025

On the second play, Herman slipped out of the backfield and was wide open for a short reception before racing down the left sideline to score. —Bernie Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025

Introducing Ngumoha at Newcastle, late in a Premier League game that had very clearly slipped out of Liverpool’s control, was another. —Gregg Evans, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for slip out

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