Meaning

4 senses
  1. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive)To leave quietly and unnoticed.

    leave furtively and stealthily

  2. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive)To go out for a brief moment; to pop out.

  3. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive)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. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive)Of an object: to work loose and slide out of proper position.

Examples

33 sentences
  1. Tom slipped out of the classroom.

    ruТом выскользнул из класса. — marafon

    deTom ist aus dem Klassenzimmer davongeschlichen. — Dejo

  2. He slipped out of the classroom.

    ruОн выскользнул из класса. — marafon

    deEr ist aus dem Klassenzimmer davongeschlichen. — wolfgangth

  3. Tom slipped out the back door.

  4. I quietly slipped out of the room.

    deIch schlich leise aus dem Zimmer. — Waldelfe

  5. Tom slipped quietly out of bed and went into the kitchen.

Translations

2 languages

Forms

slips out, slipping out, slipped out, slipped out
Base formslip out · to slip out
3rd person singularslips out
Present participleslipping out
Past simpleslipped out
Past participleslipped out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyslip out
he, she, itslips out

Past simpleLesson

all personsslipped out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave slipped out
he, she, ithas slipped out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill slip out

Phrasal verbs

11 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedslipout

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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