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slip one's wind

slip one's wind verb: to die.

Verb

slip one's wind (third-person singular simple present slips one's wind, present participle slipping one's wind, simple past and past participle slipped one's wind)

  1. (slang) To die.
    • “Hullo!” says Troke, running to the heap of clothes, “the young un's slipped his wind!” Kirkland was dead.1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 277

Forms of slip one's wind

third-person singular presentslips one's wind
present participleslipping one's wind
past participleslipped one's wind
pastslipped one's wind

Origin of slip one's wind

An allusion to the person no longer breathing.

Questions about slip one's wind

What does slip one's wind mean?
Slip one's wind means to die.
What part of speech is slip one's wind?
Slip one's wind is a verb.
What is the past tense of slip one's wind?
The past tense of slip one's wind is slipped one's wind.

Words near slip one's wind in the dictionary

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

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