slip out

verb

To leave quietly and unnoticed.

“I was talking to Jim, about Paul and Ethel, when it just slipped out about their possible divorce. I’m sorry.”

Similar
take French leaveslip awaysteal awaysneak awaysneak offsneak out
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Meanings

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

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

  1. idiomaticinformalintransitiveTo leave quietly and unnoticed.

    Synonyms: take French leave

  2. idiomaticinformalintransitiveTo go out for a brief moment; to pop out.
  3. idiomaticinformalintransitiveTo be said or revealed by accident.

    I was talking to Jim, about Paul and Ethel, when it just slipped out about their possible divorce. I’m sorry.

  4. idiomaticinformalintransitiveOf an object: to work loose and slide out of proper position.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo leave quietly and unnoticed.

Similar
take French leave

More synonyms by meaning

verbleave furtively and stealthily

Similar
slip awaysteal awaysneak awaysneak offsneak out
Broader
leavego forthgo away
Also see
slip awaysneak outsteal away

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Esperanto elgliti
  • elglitito leave quietly and unnoticed
Latin excidō
  • excidōto be said or revealed by accident
Polish chlapać, chlapnąć
  • chlapaćto be said or revealed by accident
  • chlapnąćto be said or revealed by accident
Portuguese sair de fininho
  • sair de fininhoto leave quietly and unnoticed
Swedish slinka ut
  • slinka utto leave quietly and unnoticed
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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