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slips out

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

Meaning of slip out

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To leave quietly and unnoticed.
  2. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To go out for a brief moment; to pop out.
  3. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To be said or revealed by accident.
    • I was talking to Jim, about Paul and Ethel, when it just slipped out about their possible divorce. I’m sorry.
  4. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) Of an object: to work loose and slide out of proper position.

Questions about slips out

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

Words near slips out in the dictionary

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

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