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slip past

slip past verb: synonym of sneak past.

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of sneak past
    • Maud took an active part in the drive, and with her cries and flourishings of the broken oar was of considerable assistance. I noticed, though, that whenever one looked tired and lagged, she let it slip past. But I noticed, also, whenever one, with a show of fight, tried to break past, that her...1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    sneak past

Synonyms of slip past

Forms of slip past

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

Questions about slip past

What does slip past mean?
Slip past means synonym of sneak past.
What part of speech is slip past?
Slip past is a verb.
What is the past tense of slip past?
The past tense of slip past is slipped past.

Words near slip past in the dictionary

  1. slip one past
  2. slip one's wind
  3. slip opinion
  4. slip opinions
  5. slip out
  6. slip past
  7. slip rail
  8. slip rails
  9. slip ring
  10. slip rings
  11. slip road

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