See give someone the slip on Wiktionary
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"text": "The police chased the suspect for two days before he finally gave them the slip and vanished."
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"ref": "1979, Blondie, One Way or Another (song)",
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"sense": "to evade, escape, or get away from somebody",
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"sense": "to evade, escape, or get away from somebody",
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],
"word": "ускользну́ть"
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"sense": "to evade, escape, or get away from somebody",
"word": "dar esquinazo"
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"sense": "to evade, escape, or get away from somebody",
"word": "livahtaa"
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"sense": "to evade, escape, or get away from somebody",
"word": "livistää"
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"sense": "to evade, escape, or get away from somebody",
"word": "fausser compagnie"
},
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"sense": "to evade, escape, or get away from somebody",
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"word": "die Biege machen"
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"sense": "to evade, escape, or get away from somebody",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "sich vom Acker machen"
},
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"sense": "to evade, escape, or get away from somebody",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ускользну́ть"
},
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"sense": "to evade, escape, or get away from somebody",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "улизну́ть"
},
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"sense": "to evade, escape, or get away from somebody",
"word": "dar esquinazo"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to evade, escape, or get away from somebody",
"word": "salirse por la tangente"
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