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slip  (slips plural & 3rd person present) (slipping present participle) (slipped past tense & past participle )
1  verb If you slip, you accidentally slide and lose your balance. 
He had slipped on an icy pavement...  V 
Be careful not to slip.  V 
2  verb If something slips, it slides out of place or out of your hand. 
His glasses had slipped...  V 
The hammer slipped out of her grasp.  V prep/adv 
3  verb If you slip somewhere, you go there quickly and quietly. 
Amy slipped downstairs and out of the house...  V adv/prep 
4  verb If you slip something somewhere, you put it there quickly in a way that does not attract attention. 
I slipped a note under Louise's door...  V n prep 
Just slip in a piece of paper.  V n with adv 
5  verb If you slip something  to  someone, you give it to them secretly. 
Robert had slipped her a note in school...  V n n 
She looked round before pulling out a package and slipping it to the man.  V n to n 
6  verb To slip into a particular state or situation means to pass gradually into it, in a way that is hardly noticed.  (=slide) 
It amazed him how easily one could slip into a routine...  V into n 
7  verb If something slips to  a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard. 
Shares slipped to 117p...  V to/from/by amount/n 
In June, producer prices slipped 0.1% from May...  V amount 
Overall business activity is slipping.  V 
  Slip is also a noun., n-sing oft N in n 
...a slip in consumer confidence.  
8  verb If you slip into or  out of clothes or shoes, you put them on or take them off quickly and easily. 
She slipped out of the jacket and tossed it on the couch...  V into/out of n 
I slipped off my woollen gloves.  V n with on/off 
9  n-count A slip is a small or unimportant mistake. 
We must be well prepared, there must be no slips.  
10  n-count A slip of  paper is a small piece of paper. 
oft N of n 
...little slips of paper he had torn from a notebook..., I put her name on the slip.  
11  n-count A slip is a thin piece of clothing that a woman wears under her dress or skirt. 
12 
 →  Freudian slip 
13 If you give someone the slip, you escape from them when they are following you or watching you. 
INFORMAL 
♦ give sb the slip  phrase V inflects 
He gave reporters the slip by leaving at midnight.  
14 If you let slip information, you accidentally tell it to someone, when you wanted to keep it secret. 
♦ let slip  phrase let inflects 
I bet he let slip that I'd gone to America.  
15 If something slips your mind, you forget about it. 
♦ slip your mind  phrase V and N inflect 
The reason for my visit had obviously slipped his mind.  
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 →  to slip through  your fingers 
 →  finger 
 →  slip of the tongue 
 →  tongue slip in  phrasal verb If you slip in a question or comment, you ask or make it without interrupting the flow of the conversation. 
Slip in a few questions about other things...  V P n (not pron) slip through  phrasal verb If something slips through a set of checks or rules, it is accepted when in fact it should not be. 
...hardened trouble-makers who have slipped through the security checks...  V P n 
The slightest little bit of inattention can let something slip through.  V P slip up  phrasal verb If you slip up, you make a small or unimportant mistake. 
There were occasions when we slipped up...  V P 
 →  slip-up