slip in

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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

w>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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The inflation rate would be 4.4% in August 2013, exclusive of two groups of "energy" and "food.aACA[yen] The INS said that the annual rate of slip in free products reached 6.8% against 4.1% for subsidized products, while the annual rate of slip in free food is 8.7 % against 3.2% for subsidized food.