They all sleep and work there -- that's why he's whispering and slipping outside to answer his phone. I didn't know all my friends could see me slipping. In the absence of any central …

I found myself slipping into the same old ruts in thinking about business cycles, and thought it would be good to think about something else.

: a mixture of finely divided clay and water used especially by potters (as for casting or decorating wares or in cementing separately formed parts) error, mistake, blunder, slip, lapse mean a …

Synonyms for SLIPPING: collapsing, slumping, declining, failing, waning, folding, flopping, washing-out; Antonyms of SLIPPING: successful, going, triumphant, thriving, flourishing, coming, prosperous, promising

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To move smoothly, easily, and quietly: slipped into bed. b. To move stealthily; steal: slipped out the back door. 2. a. To escape, as from a grasp, fastening, or restraint: slipped out of the wrestler's hold. b. To put on or remove a piece of clothing smoothly or quietly: slipped into a nightgown; slipped out of the shirt. 3. a.

Definition of slip verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive] to slide a short distance by accident so that you fall or nearly fall. She slipped and landed flat on her back. As I ran up the stairs, my foot slipped and I fell. She got on …

an act or instance of slipping. a sudden, accidental slide: a slip on the ice. a mistake or error, as in speaking or writing, esp. a small, careless one: a slip of the tongue.

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