let something slip

verb

To accidentally reveal a secret.

“We were talking about Natalie when I let slip that she was pregnant.”

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Meanings

verblet something slip (third-person singular simple present lets something slip, present participle letting something slip, simple past and past participle let something slip)

present singular third person lets something slip · participle present letting something slip

  1. idiomaticTo accidentally reveal a secret.

    We were talking about Natalie when I let slip that she was pregnant.

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let something slip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let%20something%20slip

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “let something slip,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let%20something%20slip.

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