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View definitions for let slip

let slip

verb as in give away

verb as in spill the beans

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District Judge Tanya Chutkan let slip that Donald Trump could still go down for election interference without having a direct connection to the January 6 rioters.

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Stutzman cited her jokey appearance last week alongside Oprah Winfrey when Harris let slip — was it really accidental? — that she keeps a gun at home and if an intruder breaks in “they’re getting shot.”

Whereas Sajak occasionally let slip some cranky uncle-type comments, especially in his later years, Seacrest’s banter is still a bit on the stiff side.

Did Newsom let slip what he really thought about Harris’ insta-elevation to lead the Democratic ticket?

But he also knows when to let slip that his high-wire act is a burden, bringing underplayed pain to a wonderfully tense, defensive moment when he says to a doubter, “I’m the person you think I am.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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