Once the gears have been slid back on, you can replace the locking nut that holds the cassette on.
The share price in both firms may be expected to slide back on Monday, after surging on news of the offer on Friday.
In theory, EU member states that slide back on democratic standards can be sanctioned, although this is easier said than done.
Oil slid back on signs of a nuclear deal with Iran, which would see crude from the country flood onto an already oversupplied market.
This unlocked the breechblock from the barrel and allowed it to slide back on its own, extracting and ejecting the spent case, cocking the hammer, and compressing a coiled spring in the rear of the gun.
But then Mo Ibrahim has to go and spoil the party by warning of a "slide back" on democracy and human rights in his foundation's 2010 Index of African Governance.
Even the conventional softtop convertible is not immune to the innovation urge: the newest Mini's cloth roof not only folds into a tidy stack at the rear of the car, it can also be slid back on its tracks just enough to create a full-width opening over the front seats.
It affirms that nations must not slide back on prior pledges and names ending poverty as the "greatest challenge".
That can make things tricky, especially for parkers who are more than a foot shorter than O'Neal and are merely trying to see over the steering wheel as they drive up the steep ramp, all the while sliding back on the leather seats.
And then go back and slide back on the mudslide.
