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overslips

overslips is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overslip.

Meaning of overslip

Verb

overslip (third-person singular simple present overslips, present participle overslipping, simple past and past participle overslipped)

  1. (transitive) To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond.
  2. (transitive) To omit or neglect, to fail to mention.
    • to overslip time or opportunity

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Questions about overslips

What is overslips the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overslips is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overslip.

Words near overslips in the dictionary

  1. oversliding
  2. overslight
  3. overslip
  4. overslipped
  5. overslipping
  6. overslips
  7. overslipt
  8. overslop
  9. overslops
  10. overslow
  11. overslowed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overslips (page history and authors); overslip (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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