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slips one's wind

slips one's wind is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slip one's wind.

Meaning of slip one's wind

Verb

slip one's wind (third-person singular simple present slips one's wind, present participle slipping one's wind, simple past and past participle slipped one's wind)

  1. (slang) To die.
    • “Hullo!” says Troke, running to the heap of clothes, “the young un's slipped his wind!” Kirkland was dead.1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 277

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What is slips one's wind the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Slips one's wind is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slip one's wind.

Words near slips one's wind in the dictionary

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

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