Lose your footing
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Answer
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Definition
| • | To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide. |
| • | To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip. |
| • | To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place. |
| • | To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work. |
| • | To err; to fall into error or fault. |
| • | To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly. |
| • | To omit; to loose by negligence. |
| • | To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper. |
| • | To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound. |
| • | To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar. |
| • | To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink. |
| • | The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice. |
| • | An unintentional error or fault; a false step. |
| • | A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine. |
| • | A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper. |
| • | A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand. |
| • | An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip. |
| • | A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley. |
| • | Any covering easily slipped on. |
| • | A loose garment worn by a woman. |
| • | A child's pinafore. |
| • | An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip. |
| • | The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like. |
| • | A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver. |
| • | Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools. |
| • | Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts. |
| • | A particular quantity of yarn. |
| • | An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair. |
| • | An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip. |
| • | A narrow passage between buildings. |
| • | A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door. |
| • | A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity. |
| • | The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller. |
| • | A fish, the sole. |
| • | A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip. |
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