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lets slip

lets slip is the third-person singular simple present indicative of let slip.

Meaning of let slip

Verb

let slip (third-person singular simple present lets slip, present participle letting slip, simple past and past participle let slip)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To divulge a secret, as by accident or mistake.
    • It was let slip that they were planning to take over the business.
  2. (UK, obsolete, slang) To let fly; to attack or challenge someone.
    • I would take it kind of your worship to let me be present at his examination, that if he clear himself of one murder I may let slip at him with the other.1862, Thomas Hood, John Clubbe, Tom Hood, Works: Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse. Edited, with Notes, page 263

Questions about lets slip

What is lets slip the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lets slip is the third-person singular simple present indicative of let slip.

Words near lets slip in the dictionary

  1. lets oneself go
  2. lets out
  3. lets past
  4. lets sleeping dogs lie
  5. lets slide
  6. lets slip
  7. lets someone down gently
  8. lets someone go
  9. lets someone have it
  10. lets someone loose
  11. lets something ride

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