slip out

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

  1. To leave quietly and unnoticed.
    Synonym: take French leave
  2. To go out for a brief moment; to pop out.
  3. 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. Of an object: to work loose and slide out of proper position.

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