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slipping through

slipping through is the present participle and gerund of slip through.

Meaning of slip through

Verb

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

  1. To get past an inspection or procedure without any issue.
    • Criticisms of poor accuracy can usually be justified, but the occasional error (as in many a published work) can still slip through.2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 76
  2. To barely pass; to minimally succeed at something.

Questions about slipping through

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

Words near slipping through in the dictionary

  1. slipping one past
  2. slipping one's wind
  3. slipping out
  4. slipping someone a length
  5. slipping someone's mind
  6. slipping through
  7. slipping through someone's fingers
  8. slipping through the cracks
  9. slipping through the net
  10. slipping under
  11. slipping under the radar

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