slip through en · VERB
Meanings
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To get past an inspection or procedure without any issue.
Criticisms of poor accuracy can usually be justified, but the occasional error (as in many a published work) can still slip through.
2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 76:
- To barely pass; to minimally succeed at something.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| slips through | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| slipping through | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| slipped through | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| slipped through | Tense=Past | lexicographic |