"let slip" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-let slip.ogg [Australia] Forms: lets slip [present, singular, third-person], letting slip [participle, present], let slip [participle, past], let slip [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|let<,,let> slip}} let slip (third-person singular simple present lets slip, present participle letting slip, simple past and past participle let slip)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To divulge a secret, as by accident or mistake. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to divulge a secret): fortale sig (Danish), проболтаться (proboltatʹsja) (Russian), проговориться (progovoritʹsja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-let_slip-en-verb-yqhTRt3X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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