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slips off someone's tongue

slips off someone's tongue is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slip off someone's tongue.

Meaning of slip off someone's tongue

Verb

slip off someone's tongue (third-person singular simple present slips off someone's tongue, present participle slipping off someone's tongue, simple past and past participle slipped off someone's tongue)

  1. to misspeak, to make a slip of the tongue
    • I said your name, it slipped off my tongue
      Pointed at the camera laughing at you, haha
      Once again, you see no one cares
      It's how you wear it, not what it is2010, “CMND/CTRL”, performed by Deftones

Questions about slips off someone's tongue

What is slips off someone's tongue the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Slips off someone's tongue is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slip off someone's tongue.

Words near slips off someone's tongue in the dictionary

  1. slips it to
  2. slips of the keyboard
  3. slips of the pen
  4. slips of the tongue
  5. slips off
  6. slips off someone's tongue
  7. slips one past
  8. slips one's wind
  9. slips out
  10. slips someone a length
  11. slips someone's mind

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