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slipped one's wind

slipped one's wind is the simple past and past participle of slip one's wind.

Meaning of slip one's wind

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

Questions about slipped one's wind

What is slipped one's wind the simple past and past participle of?
Slipped one's wind is the simple past and past participle of slip one's wind.

Words near slipped one's wind in the dictionary

  1. slipped into
  2. slipped it to
  3. slipped off
  4. slipped off someone's tongue
  5. slipped one past
  6. slipped one's wind
  7. slipped out
  8. slipped someone a length
  9. slipped someone's mind
  10. slipped through
  11. slipped through someone's fingers

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