Etymology

outslip

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Today it means: To escape, to slip away from. Full definition →

First used 17th c.
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The story

From out- + slip.

First known use, by meaning

  • 17th c. To escape, to slip away from.
  • 17th c. Something that has slipped out; a mistake, a slip.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.