slip one past

verb

To sneak something through a process or inspection; to hide something or conceal a fact; to prevent attention being drawn to something.

“Your deception won't work: no inmate has slipped one past Officer Smith in years.”

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Meanings

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

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

  1. To sneak something through a process or inspection; to hide something or conceal a fact; to prevent attention being drawn to something.

    Your deception won't work: no inmate has slipped one past Officer Smith in years.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slip one past,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slip%20one%20past.

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