izmaknuti

1. (of a chance, victory, control) to slip away; to slip through one's fingers
   Pobeda nam je izmakla u poslednjem minutu. — Victory slipped away from us in the last minute.
   Nije želeo da mu izmakne takva prilika. — He didn't want such a chance to slip by.
2. (+ dat.) to escape; to get away from
   Lopov je izmakao policiji kroz dvorište. — The thief escaped the police through the yard.
3. (izmaknuti se + dat.) to dodge; to duck
   Izmakao se udarcu u poslednjem trenutku. — He dodged the punch at the last moment.
4. (+ acc.) to move aside; to pull away
   Neko mu je izmakao stolicu i pao je. — Someone pulled his chair away and he fell.

The variant izmaći is often used with the same meaning. In sense 1 the subject is the thing that slips away and the person is in the dative: prilika mu je izmakla — "he missed the opportunity".