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31let 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 …
32slip — I 1. verb 1) she slipped on the ice Syn: slide, skid, glide; fall (over), lose one s balance, tumble 2) the envelope slipped through Luke s fingers Syn: fall, drop, slide 3) …
33slip — slip1 verb (slips, slipping, slipped) 1》 lose one s balance or footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance. ↘accidentally slide or move out of position or from someone s grasp. ↘fail to grip or make proper contact with a… …
34slip through your fingers — if something such as a chance, opportunity, or prize slips through your fingers, you fail to get it or to take advantage of it This prestigious award has slipped through their fingers yet again. let something slip through your fingers: You mustn… …
35slip by — verb pass by three years elapsed • Syn: ↑elapse, ↑lapse, ↑pass, ↑glide by, ↑slip away, ↑go by, ↑slide by, ↑go along …
36let — {{11}}let (n.) stoppage, obstruction (obsolete unless in legal contracts), late 12c., from archaic verb letten to hinder, from O.E. lettan hinder, delay, from P.Gmc. *latjanan (Cf. O.S. lettian to hinder, O.N. letja to hold back, O.H.G. lezzen to …
37slip by — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms slip by : present tense I/you/we/they slip by he/she/it slips by present participle slipping by past tense slipped by past participle slipped by if time or an opportunity slips by, it passes and you fail to… …
38let slip — {v. phr.} To unintentionally reveal. * /Ellen let it slip that she had been a witness to the accident./ …
39let slip — {v. phr.} To unintentionally reveal. * /Ellen let it slip that she had been a witness to the accident./ …
40let\ slip — v. phr. To unintentionally reveal. Ellen let it slip that she had been a witness to the accident …
