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slip in

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Verb1.slip in - insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work"
stick in, sneak in, insert
add, append, supply - state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"
spatchcock - interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story
Translations
? slip in
vi (= enter unobtrusively) → (sich) hineinschleichen; (burglar also, mistake) → sich einschleichen
vt sep
to slip something into somebody’s pocket → jdm etw in die Tasche gleiten lassen; to slip a coin into a slot → eine Münze einwerfen; she slipped the car into first gear → sie legte den ersten Gang ein
(= mention casually) → einfließen lassen


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We would do up the paper again, just as it was, and slip in, very elaborate and soft, and lay it on the bunk again, and let on WE didn't know about any trick, and hadn't any idea he was a-laughing at us behind them bogus snores of his'n; and we would stick by him, and the first night we was ashore we would get him drunk and search him, and get the di'monds; and DO for him, too, if it warn't too risky.
Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context
The reader may have detected an unfortunate slip in it.
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
No chance of giving any one the slip in that direction; and no sign, either, of the Bow Street runner.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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