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slips under

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

Meaning of slip under

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To succumb to a change of mental state; or by extension, to succumb to a change in control.
    • When the Han court slipped under the sinister influence of eunuchs in the middle of the second century...1994, Charles Holcomb, In the Shadow of the Han

Questions about slips under

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

Words near slips under in the dictionary

  1. slips someone's mind
  2. slips through
  3. slips through someone's fingers
  4. slips through the cracks
  5. slips through the net
  6. slips under
  7. slips under the radar
  8. slips up
  9. slipsheet
  10. slipsheets
  11. slipshod

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