slip in

phrasal verb

slipped in; slipping in; slips in

: to include especially without warning or in a way that is not obvious

He managed to slip in a few jokes during his speech.

: to enter a place without being noticed

She slipped in through the back door.

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But the rise in the rankings of her fellow Disney star Ariana Grande as well as A Complete Unknown’s Monica Barbaro (see below) meant someone else was going to slip in the standings. —

Ew Staff, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2025 Bitcoin drops Bitcoin slipped in early trading, along with the rout in tech stocks as investors' shied away from riskier bets on Monday morning. —

Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025 Republicans successfully slipped in an amendment to the 2025 defense bill that blocks gender-affirming care for transgender children of the military, legislation that Biden signed into law, although many Democrats objected to the provision. —

Brad Dress, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025 Shafak slips in historic people and current events, adroitly using imagery to lend coherence. —

The Know, The Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for slip in