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slips through

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

Meaning of slip through

Verb

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

  1. To get past an inspection or procedure without any issue.
    • Criticisms of poor accuracy can usually be justified, but the occasional error (as in many a published work) can still slip through.2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 76
  2. To barely pass; to minimally succeed at something.

Questions about slips through

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

Words near slips through in the dictionary

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

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