slip by

present singular third person slips by · participle present slipping by · participle past slipped by · past slipped by

1. ambitransitivefigurativelysometimesTo pass without being noticed or intercepted.

   The children slipped by the patroller.

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   The children managed to slip by when the patroller was looking away.

   She held her nerve after failing to serve out the match at the first attempt, seeing three match points slip by in a nervous service game at 6-4 5-4 and recovering from losing the tie-break to dominate the decider.

   2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport

   Synonyms: go by