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Meanings of slip an opportunity in English

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Usage of slip an opportunity in English
1
The Aramaean tribes never let slip an opportunity of encroaching on the southern frontier.
History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume...
2
You never let slip an opportunity of 'paying off' your friends for something or other.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams; Or, The Young Fur-traders: A Tale of th...
3
A fight was his element, and he never let slip an opportunity to join in one.
Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue / A Tal...
4
Lydgate, not willing to let slip an opportunity of furthering a favorite purpose, ventured to say-
Middlemarch
5
But he was for sounding immediately, and for not letting slip an opportunity of securing our object.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
6
Some really good men and women cannot let slip an opportunity of saying anything that may be disagreeable.
The Recreations of a Country Parson
7
Conscientious as he was, he never let slip an opportunity of adding to the scientific results of the voyage.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition...
8
And even if it was not love, would she not be a fool to let slip an opportunity such as came only to a few?
Bought and Paid For; From the Play of George Broadhurst
9
Only, if you thought there were toys in it, it would be so very hard to let slip an opportunity of taking just one peep!
The Elson Readers, Book 5
10
(Mhor never let slip an opportunity for theological discussions.)
Penny Plain
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