slip
/ˈslɪp/ verb B1- To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- To err.
- To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
- To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc. · A bone may slip out of place.
- To elude or evade by smooth movement. · I caught the thief, but he slipped my grasp and ran away.
- To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly. · She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand.
- To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding. · Some errors slipped into the appendix.
He/she/it slips · Past slipped · Past participle slipped · -ing form slipping
Verb forms
- Base form
- slip
- He/she/it
- slips
- Past
- slipped
- Past participle
- slipped
- -ing form
- slipping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- slip away To leave without being noticed.
- slip back To return to a previous habit
- slip by To pass without being noticed or intercepted.
- slip down To be easily imbibed; to be easy to drink.
- slip in To include (e.g. a certain word or phrase) into a sentenc...
- slip into To put on some clothes rapidly.
- slip off To leave a place, or a meeting, without being noticed
- slip out To leave quietly and unnoticed.
- slip through To get past an inspection or procedure without any issue.
- slip up To err, falter; to make a mistake, especially a seemingly...
From the library
Through this we slipped, and then in the gathering gloom we followed Holmes until we had reached a shrubbery which lies nearly opposite to the main door and the drawbridge.
He slipped into the first room that he saw, and concealed himself behind the curtain.
But now we come on the nasty, angular, uncompromising bits which won’t slip into their places.
Here is a man who slips into a house with the deliberate intention of committing murder.
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