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slipping under

slipping under is the present participle and gerund 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 slipping under

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

Words near slipping under in the dictionary

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

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