slip by

English

Verb

slip by (third-person singular simple present slips by, present participle slipping by, simple past and past participle slipped by)

1. (transitive, intransitive, sometimes figurative) To pass without being noticed or intercepted.

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

   The children slipped by the patroller.

   • 2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

• forthglide, go by; see also Thesaurus:pass by