slip back

verb

To return to a previous habit

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Meanings

verbslip back (third-person singular simple present slips back, present participle slipping back, simple past and past participle slipped back)

present singular third person slips back · participle present slipping back · participle past slipped back · past slipped back

  1. To return to a previous habit

    The 20-year-old started life as a central defender at Charlton Athletic and even though he has been used on the right side of defence by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp he slipped back into his old routine with real aplomb, showing his awareness with a series of crucial interceptions.

    2017 November 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-0 Brazil”, in BBC News
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APA

slip back. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slip%20back

MLA

“slip back.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slip%20back. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slip back,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slip%20back.

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