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slip off someone's tongue

slip off someone's tongue verb: to misspeak, to make a slip of the tongue.

Verb

slip off someone's tongue (third-person singular simple present slips off someone's tongue, present participle slipping off someone's tongue, simple past and past participle slipped off someone's tongue)

  1. to misspeak, to make a slip of the tongue
    • I said your name, it slipped off my tongue
      Pointed at the camera laughing at you, haha
      Once again, you see no one cares
      It's how you wear it, not what it is2010, “CMND/CTRL”, performed by Deftones

Forms of slip off someone's tongue

third-person singular presentslips off someone's tongue
present participleslipping off someone's tongue
past participleslipped off someone's tongue
pastslipped off someone's tongue

Questions about slip off someone's tongue

What does slip off someone's tongue mean?
Slip off someone's tongue means to misspeak, to make a slip of the tongue.
What part of speech is slip off someone's tongue?
Slip off someone's tongue is a verb.
What is the past tense of slip off someone's tongue?
The past tense of slip off someone's tongue is slipped off someone's tongue.

Words near slip off someone's tongue in the dictionary

  1. slip nooses
  2. slip of the keyboard
  3. slip of the pen
  4. slip of the tongue
  5. slip off
  6. slip off someone's tongue
  7. slip one past
  8. slip one's wind
  9. slip opinion
  10. slip opinions
  11. slip out

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