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slipping through the net

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

Meaning of slip through the net

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of slip through the cracks.

Questions about slipping through the net

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

Words near slipping through the net in the dictionary

  1. slipping someone a length
  2. slipping someone's mind
  3. slipping through
  4. slipping through someone's fingers
  5. slipping through the cracks
  6. slipping through the net
  7. slipping under
  8. slipping under the radar
  9. slipping up
  10. slippingly
  11. slippings

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