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91let it go — Synonyms and related words: abandon, allow for, bear with, blink at, brush aside, brush off, bury the hatchet, charge off, charge to experience, condone, connive at, dismiss, disregard, drop it, drop the subject, endure, forget, forget about it,… …
92slip stopper — noun Etymology: slip (II) : a cable stopper consisting of a short length of chain with a pelican hook at the end and intended to be used when the cable is let go suddenly …
93let slip — Loose, let go …
94slip — I. v. n. 1. Glide, slide. 2. Err, trip, mistake, fall into error, commit a fault. II. v. a. 1. Put stealthily, convey secretly. 2. Omit, allow to escape, lose by negligence. 3. Throw off, disengage one s self from. 4 …
95let someone go — they let half of the warehouse crew go Syn: dismiss, discharge, lay off, give notice to; informal sack, fire, ax, give someone their marching orders, send packing, give someone the boot, give someone the (old) heave ho, can, pink slip …
96slip back — Synonyms and related words: backslide, cock, degenerate, deteriorate, disimprove, fall, fall again into, fall astern, fall back, fall behind, fall from grace, get behind, get worse, go backwards, go behind, grow worse, have a relapse, jerk back,… …
97slip-tongue wheel — noun : a two wheeled logging truck in which the load is suspended under an axle or arch and whose design is such that on a downgrade the end of the tongue slips out of a stirrup so as to let one end of the logs drop to the road and act as a brake …
98To 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,… …
99To slip a cable — Slip Slip, v. t. 1. To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly. [1913 Webster] He tried to slip a powder into her drink. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. To omit; to loose by negligence. [1913 Webster] And slip no… …
100To slip off — Slip Slip, v. t. 1. To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly. [1913 Webster] He tried to slip a powder into her drink. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. To omit; to loose by negligence. [1913 Webster] And slip no… …
