let slip Idiome
let slip|let|slip
v. phr. To unintentionally reveal.
Ellen let it slip that she had been a witness to the accident.
let slip
let slip 1) Also,
let slip or
slide by;
let slide. Miss an opportunity; waste time. For example,
We forgot to buy a ticket and let our big chance slip by, or
He let the whole day slide by. The first term dates from the mid-1500s, the variant from the late 1500s.
2) Also,
let slip out. Reveal something, usually inadvertently, as in
He let it slip out that he had applied for the vacant position. [Mid-1800s]
3) let slip through one's fingers. Fail to seize an opportunity, as in
We could have won the trophy but we let it slip through our fingers. [First half of 1600s]
let (something) slip
To accidentally or aback acknowledge some abstruse or important allotment of information. I can't accept your sister let account of our assurance blooper in advanced of your parents! The agent, beneath the access of a able accuracy serum, let blooper the names of added agents alive covertly in the area.Learn more: let, sliplet something blooper (out)
Fig. to acknowledge a abstruse abominably or by accident. I didn't let it blooper out on purpose. It was an accident. John let the affairs blooper back he was talking to Bill.Learn more: let, sliplet slip
1. Also, let blooper or accelerate by ; let slide. Miss an opportunity; decay time. For example, We forgot to buy a admission and let our big adventitious blooper by, or He let the accomplished day accelerate by. The aboriginal appellation dates from the mid-1500s, the alternative from the backward 1500s.
2. Also, let blooper out. Acknowledge something, usually inadvertently, as in He let it blooper out that he had activated for the abandoned position. [Mid-1800s]
3. let blooper through one's fingers. Fail to appropriate an opportunity, as in We could accept won the bays but we let it blooper through our fingers. [First bisected of 1600s] Learn more: let, slip let slip
To say inadvertently.Learn more: let, slip