"slip back to old ways" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: slips back to old ways [present, singular, third-person], slipping back to old ways [participle, present], slipped back to old ways [participle, past], slipped back to old ways [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slip back to old ways (third-person singular simple present slips back to old ways, present participle slipping back to old ways, simple past and past participle slipped back to old ways)
  1. (idiomatic) to return to past bad habits Tags: idiomatic Translations: volver a las andadas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-slip_back_to_old_ways-en-verb-e9gc-LY2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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