slip out

See also: slipout

English

Verb

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

1. To leave quietly, and unnoticed.
2. To go out for a brief moment; 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).

Derived terms

• slipout (noun)

Translations

to leave unnoticed

• Swedish: slinka ut
• Portuguese: sair de fininho

to be said or revealed by accident

• Latin: excidō
• Polish: chlapać (pl) impf, chlapnąć (pl) pf

Anagrams

• outslip