slip off someone's tongue

verb

to misspeak, to make a slip of the tongue

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Meanings

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

present singular third person slips off someone's tongue · participle present slipping off someone's tongue · participle past slipped off someone's tongue · past slipped off someone's tongue

  1. to misspeak, to make a slip of the tongue

    I said your name, it slipped off my tongue Pointed at the camera laughing at you, haha Once again, you see no one cares It's how you wear it, not what it is

    2010, “CMND/CTRL”, performed by Deftones
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