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slips one past

slips one past is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slip one past.

Meaning of slip one past

Verb

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

  1. To sneak something through a process or inspection; to hide something or conceal a fact; to prevent attention being drawn to something.
    • Your deception won't work: no inmate has slipped one past Officer Smith in years.

Questions about slips one past

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

Words near slips one past in the dictionary

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

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