slip out A. intransitive verb ① (leave quietly) 溜出去 liū chuqu ; (leave briefly) 出去一会儿 chūqu yīhuìr ▸ to slip out for a moment/for a newspaper 出去一会儿/买份报纸 ② (escape) «animal» 挣脱 zhèngtuō ; «object» 滑脱 huátuō ; figurative «words» 无意中说出 wúyì zhōng shuōchū ▸ the words slipped out before he … 他还未…，话就出口了 ▸ it (just) slipped out （就那么）说漏了 B. transitive verb ▸ to slip out the clutch 松开离合器 sōngkāi líhéqì |