Talk:slide off

The first def just looks like slide + off to me. An object can slide, and it can go off, and if it does both, it has slid off. Not idiomatic. The second def I am taking to rfv. WurdSnatcher (talk) Deleted. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 19:00, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. You can slide up, down, left, right, around, away, on, off, in, out, etc.  No special meaning for "slide + preposition".  P Aculeius (talk) 18:36, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete, or else frankly, what's the point of having entries for slide and off if we're going to include every possible combination that makes use of them. Renard Migrant (talk) 18:47, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Provisionally keep. If the second sense passes RFV, then this one should be included to indicate that there is also the literal, non-ideomatic use. Kiwima (talk) 01:12, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * That's sort of a delete, because we'do that anyway if this sense got deleted. 12:50, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

RFV discussion: November 2015–February 2017
To leave a place, or a meeting, early without being noticed slid off from work gets zero hits, so I'm dubious that this exists, at least in this form. slid off work, slid off at work and slid off the meeting don't get any hits either. Could maybe be SOP even if it does exist (slide can be mean to "pass unobtrusively", so it's not clearly idiomatic IMO -- slide out is probably how I'd say it though, but that seems even more SOP). WurdSnatcher (talk)
 * Sounds OK to me, keep. Donnanz (talk) 17:43, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a mistake for slip away. P Aculeius (talk) 18:30, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * It doesn't ring a bell with me...I have to admit, it sounds like a mistake for slip off (from work, etc.), which gets at least a few hits here: slip off from work Leasnam (talk) 18:39, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * To keep the challenged sense we need citations, not votes. Opinions are of value principally for their contribution to encouraging or discouraging people from getting citations. DCDuring TALK 18:47, 19 November 2015
 * How about these:
 * Kiwima (talk) 01:07, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Well those don't support the given def. Something like "to sneak" might be valid, but I'm not sure. slide can mean "To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip" and those uses sound like that def + out. You can also slide away, slide by, slide past, etc. WurdSnatcher (talk)
 * Perhaps the definition needs refinement, but I think they are the meaning that the author of the definition was intending. If you consider it just SOP, that falls under requests for deletion, not requests for verification. Kiwima (talk) 11:18, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Those just look like slide + off for me. The part that makes it idiomatic is "early", but those cites don't suggest anyone is leaving early. WurdSnatcher (talk) 13:40, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * In what way do those not support the given def? To "leave without being noticed" is pretty much synonymous with "sneak off".  Just for the record, I remember this a very common phrase from my youth when avoiding school/work/chores was done at every available opportunity. Spinning Spark  12:30, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * None of those give us any reason to think they are leaving something early. I agree that it's common, it's just not idiomatic. You can slip off, but you can also slip over, slip in, slip away, slip down, etc. WurdSnatcher (talk)
 * I am not arguing this point, but if that is your objection, move this to requests for deletion. It is not a question of verification. Kiwima (talk) 18:05, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The definition that I'm challenging is idiomatic. If it is real, it should be kept. The definition that you cited and that SpinningSpark is talking about is SOP. WurdSnatcher (talk)
 * No more so than slip off, which is not challenged. Kiwima (talk) 17:43, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * MWOnline has, for intransitive, the following:
 * 4 a : to move or pass smoothly or easily 
 * [4]b : to pass unnoticed or unremarked
 * Why do our definitions for basic verbs suck? DCDuring TALK 22:44, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Because not a single one of our editors is a professional lexicographer. --WikiTiki89 22:34, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 4 a : to move or pass smoothly or easily 
 * [4]b : to pass unnoticed or unremarked
 * Why do our definitions for basic verbs suck? DCDuring TALK 22:44, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Because not a single one of our editors is a professional lexicographer. --WikiTiki89 22:34, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Passed: I note that the definition has been revised in line with the quotations found. — SMUconlaw (talk) 15:30, 11 February 2017 (UTC)