let+slip
11let slip — {v. phr.} To unintentionally reveal. * /Ellen let it slip that she had been a witness to the accident./ …
12let\ slip — v. phr. To unintentionally reveal. Ellen let it slip that she had been a witness to the accident …
13let slip — Loose, let go …
14To let slip — Slip Slip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slipping}.] [OE. slippen; akin to LG. & D. slippen, MHG. slipfen (cf. Dan. slippe, Sw. slippa, Icel. sleppa), and fr. OE. slipen, AS. sl[=i]pan (in comp.), akin to G. schleifen to slide,… …
15let slip through fingers — If you let something slip through your fingers, such as a good opportunity, you fail to obtain it or keep it. He should have accepted the job when it was offered. He let the opportunity slip through his fingers …
16let slip — mutter, say; miss, make an error …
17let slip — idi to reveal unintentionally …
18let slip the dogs of war — begin a hostile action, start making an act of war or aggression …
19let slip through the fingers — miss an opportunity; lose because of recklessness …
20slip — slip1 [slip] vi. slipped, slipping [ME slippen < MLowG, akin to OHG slifan < IE * (s)leib , to glide, slip < base * (s)lei , slimy: see SLIDE] 1. to go quietly or secretly; move without attracting notice [to slip out of a room] 2. a) to… …