Gave the slip to is an idiom meaning to escape or avoid someone or something. The crossword solutions for this term are evaded (6 letters), eluded (6 letters), and LOST (4 letters). Evaded means to avoid or escape from, eluded means to escape from by cleverness or skill, and LOST means to be unable to find or be separated from. Therefore, the crossword solutions for the term gave the slip to all mean to escape or avoid someone or something.