slip through the hands
verb
Roget 671:
escape,
scape;
make one's escape,
effect one's escape,
make good one's escape;
break jail;
get off,
get clear off,
get well out of;
echapper belle [Fr.],
save one's bacon,
save one's skin;
weather the storm
etc.
(safe)
664;
escape scot-free.
elude
&c.,
make off
etc.
(avoid)
623;
march off
etc.
(go away)
293;
give one the slip;
slip through the hands,
slip through the fingers;
slip the collar,
wriggle out of prison,
break out,
break loose,
break loose from prison;
break away,
slip away,
get away;
find vent,
find a hole to creep out of.
disappear,
vanish.
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