let something slip

let something slip
REVEAL, disclose, divulge, let out, give away, blurt out; give the game away; informal let on, blab, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans; Brit. informal blow the gaff.
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let something drop/slip/ phrase
to say something important either by accident or in a way that makes it seem like an accident

She casually let it drop that she would be moving to Paris.

In an unguarded moment, he let it slip that he’d lost his job.

Thesaurus: to mention something, or to be mentionedsynonym to admit that something is truesynonym
Main entry: let

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1) reveal something inadvertently in the course of a conversation

[with clause] Alex had let slip he was married

2) archaic release a hound from the leash so as to begin the chase

let slip the dogs of war

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let (something) slip (or let slip (something)) — see ↑slip, 1
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Main Entry: ↑let
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let (something) slip (or let slip (something))
: to say (something that you did not want to say) by mistake

He let slip that he's looking for a better job.

Don't let it slip that we hadn't planned on inviting her.

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Main Entry: ↑slip

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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