let slip
verb
Roget 750:
liberate,
free;
set free,
set clear,
set at liberty;
render free,
emancipate,
release;
enfranchise,
affranchise†;
manumit;
enlarge;
disband,
discharge,
disenthrall,
disenthral,
dismiss;
let go,
let loose,
loose,
let out,
let slip;
cast adrift,
turn adrift;
deliver
etc.
672;
absolve
etc.
(acquit)
970.
unfetter
etc.
751,
untie
etc.
43;
loose
etc.
(disjoin)
44;
loosen,
relax;
unbolt,
unbar,
unclose,
uncork,
unclog,
unhand,
unbind,
unchain,
unharness,
unleash;
disengage,
disentangle;
clear,
extricate,
unloose.
gain one's liberty,
obtain one's liberty,
acquire one's liberty
etc.
748;
get rid of,
get clear of;
deliver oneself from;
shake off the yoke,
slip the collar;
break loose,
break prison;
tear asunder one's bonds,
cast off trammels;
escape
etc.
671.
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Roget 776:
lose;
incur a loss,
experience a loss,
meet with a loss;
miss;
mislay,
let slip,
allow to slip through the fingers;
be without
etc.
(exempt)
777.1;
forfeit.
get rid of
etc.
782;
waste
etc.
638.
be lost;
lapse.
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Roget 782:
relinquish,
give up,
surrender,
yield,
cede;
let go,
let slip;
spare,
drop,
resign,
forego,
renounce,
abandon,
expropriate†,
give away,
dispose of,
part with;
lay aside,
lay apart,
lay down,
lay on the shelf
etc.
(disuse)
678;
set aside,
put aside,
put away;
make away with,
cast behind;
maroon.
give notice to quit,
give warning;
supersede;
be rid of,
get rid of,
be quit of,
get quit of;
eject
etc.
297.
rid oneself of,
disburden oneself of,
divest oneself of,
dispossess oneself of;
wash one's hands of.
discard,
cast off,
dismiss;
cast away,
throw away,
pitch away,
fling away,
cast aside,
cast overboard,
cast to the dogs,
throw aside,
throw overboard,
throw to the dogs,
pitch aside,
pitch overboard,
pitch to the dogs,
fling aside,
fling overboard,
fling to the dogs;
cast to the winds,
throw to the winds,
sweep to the winds;
put away,
turn away,
sweep away;
jettison;
reject.
quit one's hold,
quitclaim.
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Roget 460:
be negligent
etc.
adj.;
take no care of
etc.
(take care of)
etc.
459;
neglect;
let slip,
let go;
lay aside,
set aside,
cst aside,
put aside;
keep out of sight,
put out of sight;
lose sight of.
overlook,
disregard;
pass over,
pas by;
let pass;
blink;
wink at,
connive at;
gloss over;
take no note of,
take no thought of,
take no account of,
take no notice of;
pay no regard to;
laisser aller [Fr.].
scamp;
trifle,
fribble†;
do by halves;
cut;
slight
etc.
(despise)
930;
play with,
trifle with;
slur,
skim,
skim the surface;
effleurer [Fr.];
take a cursory view of
etc.
457.
slur over,
skip over,
jump over,
slip over;
pretermit†,
miss,
skip,
jump,
omit,
give the go-by to,
push aside,
pigeonhole,
shelve,
sink;
table [Parl.];
ignore,
shut one's eyes to,
refuse to hear,
turn a deaf ear to;
leave out of one's calculation;
not attend to
etc.
457,
not mind;
not trouble oneself about,
not trouble one's head about,
not trouble oneself with;
forget
etc.
506;
be caught napping
etc.
(not expect)
508;
leave a loose thread;
let the grass grow under one's feet.
render neglectful
etc.
adj.;
put off one's guard,
throw off one's guard;
distract,
divert.
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Roget 527:
tell;
inform,
inform of;
acquaint,
acquaint with;
impart,
impart to;
make acquaintance with,
apprise,
advise,
enlighten,
awaken;
transmit.
let fall,
mention,
express,
intimate,
represent,
communicate,
make known;
publish
etc.
531;
notify,
signify,
specify,
convey the knowledge of.
let one know,
have one to know;
give one to understand;
give notice;
set before,
lay before,
put before;
point out,
put into one's head;
put one in possession of;
instruct
etc.
(teach)
537;
direct the attention to
etc.
457.
announce,
annunciate;
report,
report progress;
bringword†,
send word,
leave word,
write word;
telegraph,
telephone;
wire;
retail,
render an account;
give an account
etc.
(describe)
594;
state
etc.
(affirm)
535.
[disclose inadvertently or reluctantly]
let slip,
blurt out,
spill the beans,
unburden oneself of,
let off one's chest;
disclose
etc.
529.
show cause;
explain
etc.
(interpret)
522.
hint;
given an inkling of;
give a hint,
drop a hint,
throw out a hint;
insinuate;
allude to,
make allusion to;
glance at;
tip the wink
etc.
(indicate)
550;
suggest,
prompt,
give the cue,
breathe;
whisper,
whisper in the ear.
give a bit of one's mind;
tell one plainly,
tell once for all;
speak volumes.
undeceive†,
unbeguile†;
set right,
correct,
open the eyes of,
disabuse,
disillusion one of.
be informed of
&c.;
know
etc.
490;
learn
etc.
539;
get scent of,
get wind of,
gather from;
awaken to,
open one's eyes to;
become alive,
become awake to;
hear,
overhear,
understand.
come to one's ears,
come to one's knowledge;
reach one's ears.
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Roget 730:
not complete
etc.
729;
leave unfinished
etc.
adj.,
leave undone,
drop,
put down;
neglect
etc.
460;
let alone,
let slip;
lose sight of
(forget)
506.
fall short of
etc.
304;
do things by halves,
parboil,
scotch the snake not lull it;
hang fire;
be slow to;
collapse
etc.
304.
drop out.
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Roget 529:
disclose,
discover,
dismask†;
draw the veil,
draw aside the veil,
lift the veil,
raise the veil,
lift up the veil,
remove the veil,
tear aside the veil,
tear the curtain;
unmask,
unveil,
unfold,
uncover,
unseal,
unkennel;
take off the seal,
break the seal;
lay open,
lay bare;
expose;
open,
open up;
bare,
bring to light.
divulge,
reveal,
break;
squeal [Coll.],
tattle [Coll.],
sing [Coll.],
rat [Coll.],
snitch [Coll.];
let into the secret;
reveal the secrets of the prison house;
tell
etc.
(inform)
527;
breathe,
utter,
blab,
peach;
let out,
let fall,
let drop,
let slip,
spill the beans,
let the cat out of the bag;
betray;
tell tales,
come out of school;
come out with;
give vent,
give utterance to;
open the lips,
blurt out,
vent,
whisper about;
speak out
etc.
(make manifest)
525;
make public
etc.
531;
unriddle
etc.
(find out)
480.1;
split.
acknowledge,
allow,
concede,
grant,
admit,
own,
own up to,
confess,
avow,
throw off all disguise,
turn inside out,
make a clean breast;
show one's hand,
show one's cards;
unburden one's mind,
disburden one's mind,
disburden one's conscience,
disburden one's heart;
open one's mind,
lay bare one's mind,
tell a piece of one's mind [Fr.];
unbosom oneself,
own to the soft impeachment;
say the truth,
speak the truth;
turn King's evidence,
Queen's evidence;
acknowledge the corn [U.S.].
raise the mask,
drop the mask,
lift the mask,
remove the mask,
throw off the mask;
expose;
lay open;
undeceive†,
unbeguile†;
disabuse,
set right,
correct,
open the eyes of;
d_esillusionner.
be disclosed
&c.;
transpire,
come to light;
come in sight
etc.
(be visible)
446;
become known,
escape the lips;
come out,
ooze out,
creep out,
leak out,
peep out,
crop-out;
show its face,
show its colors;
discover itself
&c.;
break through the clouds,
flash on the mind.
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