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slip

verb
  1. To move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly: glide, glissade, lapse, slide, slither. See move
  2. To move silently and furtively: creep, glide, lurk, mouse, prowl, pussyfoot, skulk, slide, slink, snake, sneak, steal. Slang: gumshoe. See move
  3. To lose one's balance and fall or almost fall: skid, slide, slither. Idiom: take a skid (or slide). See move
  4. To shift or be shifted out of place: slide. See move
  5. To maneuver gently and slowly into place: ease, glide, slide. See careful, easy
  6. To free from ties or fasteners: disengage, loose, loosen, unbind, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unloose, unloosen, untie. See tighten
  7. To get away from (a pursuer): elude, evade, lose, shake off, throw off. Slang: shake. Idiom: give someone the shake (or slip). See seek
  8. To bring forth a nonviable fetus prematurely: abort, miscarry. See reproduction
  9. To displace (a bone) from a socket or joint: dislocate, throw out. Idiom: throw out of joint. See help
  10. To decline, as in value or quantity, very gradually: drop off, fall off, sag. See increase
  11. To make an error or mistake: err, miscue, mistake, slip up, stumble, trip up. See correct
  12. To undergo moral deterioration: fall, sink. Idiom: go bad (or wrong). See right
phrasal verb

slip into
To put (an article of clothing) on one's person: assume, don, get on, pull on, put on, slip on. See put on
phrasal verb

slip on
To put (an article of clothing) on one's person: assume, don, get on, pull on, put on, slip into. See put on
phrasal verb

slip up
To make an error or mistake: err, miscue, mistake, slip, stumble, trip up. See correct
noun
  1. An act or thought that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true: erratum, error, inaccuracy, incorrectness, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, slip-up, trip. See correct
  2. A minor mistake: lapse, slip-up. Informal: fluff. See correct
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