gave someone the slip (verb) lam: escape
Sinonime: bad luck, bummer,
calamity, can of worms,
catastrophe, crunch, destitution,
difficulty, disaster, downer,
drag*,
exigency, hard knocks, hard time, holy mess, hot water, indigence,
jam*,
misfortune,
need, pickle,
pinch*,
poverty, privation,
rigor, rotten luck,
scrape*, straits, throe, ticklish spot, tough break, tough luck,
trial,
trouble, unholy mess,
vicissitude,
wantAntonime: advantage,
benefit,
miracle