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slipping one past

slipping one past is the present participle and gerund of slip one past.

Meaning of slip one past

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.

Questions about slipping one past

What is slipping one past the present participle and gerund of?
Slipping one past is the present participle and gerund of slip one past.

Words near slipping one past in the dictionary

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

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