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slip one past

slip one past verb: to sneak something through a process or inspection; to hide something or conceal a fact; to prevent attention being drawn to something.

Verb

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

  1. To sneak something through a process or inspection; to hide something or conceal a fact; to prevent attention being drawn to something.
    • Your deception won't work: no inmate has slipped one past Officer Smith in years.

Forms of slip one past

third-person singular presentslips one past
present participleslipping one past
past participleslipped one past
pastslipped one past

Questions about slip one past

What does slip one past mean?
Slip one past means to sneak something through a process or inspection; to hide something or conceal a fact; to prevent attention being drawn to something.
What part of speech is slip one past?
Slip one past is a verb.
What is the past tense of slip one past?
The past tense of slip one past is slipped one past.

Words near slip one past in the dictionary

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

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