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SLIP OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slip off mean?
• SLIP OFF (verb)
The verb SLIP OFF has 1 sense:
1. take off with ease or speed
Familiarity information: SLIP OFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take off with ease or speed
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
She slipped off her jacket
Hypernyms (to "slip off" is one way to...):
take off (remove clothes)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
slip on (put on with ease or speed)
Context examples
I'll slip off and take a journey somewhere, and when Grandpa misses me he'll come round fast enough.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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