"slip back to old ways" meaning in English

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Verb

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]
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  1. (idiomatic) to return to past bad habits Tags: idiomatic Translations (Translations): volver a las andadas (Spanish)
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