slip someone or something past someone or something

slip someone or something past someone or something
slip someone or something past someone or something
to cause someone or something to move past someone or something unnoticed; to manage to get something past the scrutiny of someone. •

I slipped another one of my friends past the usher into the theater.

Do you think I can slip this sausage past the customs officers?

I slipped a note past the guard.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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