Word.ws English Dictionary

slipped out

slipped out is the simple past and past participle of slip out.

Meaning of slip out

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To leave quietly and unnoticed.
  2. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To go out for a brief moment; to pop out.
  3. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To be said or revealed by accident.
    • I was talking to Jim, about Paul and Ethel, when it just slipped out about their possible divorce. I’m sorry.
  4. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) Of an object: to work loose and slide out of proper position.

Questions about slipped out

What is slipped out the simple past and past participle of?
Slipped out is the simple past and past participle of slip out.

Words near slipped out in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: slipped out (page history and authors); slip out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “slipped out.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/slipped_out. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.