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slipped under

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

Meaning of slip under

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To succumb to a change of mental state; or by extension, to succumb to a change in control.
    • When the Han court slipped under the sinister influence of eunuchs in the middle of the second century...1994, Charles Holcomb, In the Shadow of the Han

Questions about slipped under

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

Words near slipped under in the dictionary

  1. slipped someone's mind
  2. slipped through
  3. slipped through someone's fingers
  4. slipped through the cracks
  5. slipped through the net
  6. slipped under
  7. slipped under the radar
  8. slipped up
  9. slipper
  10. slipper animalcule
  11. slipper animalcules

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