The children climbed up the hill but when it was time to come down, they didn't walk, but slipped off the smooth, old ledges.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
slip off — (something) to remove clothing quickly and easily. Before I knew it he had slipped out of his shirt and put his arm around me. She slipped her gloves off and set them on the table … New idioms dictionary
slip off — index move (alter position) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
slip off — verb take off with ease or speed She slipped off her jacket • Ant: ↑slip on • Hypernyms: ↑take off • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * slip off … Useful english dictionary
slip off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms slip off : present tense I/you/we/they slip off he/she/it slips off present participle slipping off past tense slipped off past participle slipped off to take a piece of clothing off quickly Slip your shirt… … English dictionary
slip off — verb a) To leave a place, or a meeting, without being noticed Im going to try to slip off from work early, if I can. b) To remove an article of clothing He slipped off his jacket and hung it in the wardrobe. Syn … Wiktionary
slip off — phr verb Slip off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑coat, ↑jacket, ↑ring, ↑shoe, ↑tongue … Collocations dictionary
slip off something — slip off (something) to remove clothing quickly and easily. Before I knew it he had slipped out of his shirt and put his arm around me. She slipped her gloves off and set them on the table … New idioms dictionary
slip off the tongue — roll/trip/slip/off the tongue phrase to be easy to pronounce It’s not exactly a name that rolls off the tongue. Thesaurus: pronunciation and pronouncing wordssynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
slip off — {v. phr.} 1. To slide off something. * /The children climbed up the hill but when it was time to come down, they didn t walk, but slipped off the smooth, old ledges./ 2. See: SLIP AWAY … Dictionary of American idioms
slip off — {v. phr.} 1. To slide off something. * /The children climbed up the hill but when it was time to come down, they didn t walk, but slipped off the smooth, old ledges./ 2. See: SLIP AWAY … Dictionary of American idioms
