slip off

verb

To leave a place, or a meeting, without being noticed

“He slipped off his jacket and hung it in the wardrobe.”

Similar
take offundressdisrobeslide offslip awaysneak off
Opposite
slip on
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

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

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

  1. To leave a place, or a meeting, without being noticed

    I'm going to try to slip off from work early, if I can.

  2. To remove an article of clothing

    He slipped off his jacket and hung it in the wardrobe.

    Synonyms: take off, undress, disrobe

  3. nauticalTo leave a port, anchorage or mooring

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo remove an article of clothing

Similar
take offundressdisrobe

leave

Similar
slide offslip awaysneak off

More synonyms by meaning

verbtake off with ease or speed

Opposite
slip on
Broader
take off
Also see
slide offslip away

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“slip off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slip%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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

Source: slip off on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.