Usually means: Accidentally reveal secret or information.
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  1. let slip: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. let (something) slip, let slip: Merriam-Webster
  3. let slip: Collins English Dictionary
  4. let slip: Wiktionary
  5. let slip: Dictionary.com
  6. let slip: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. let slip: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. let slip: Encyclopedia

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  1. let slip: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (let slip)

verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To divulge a secret, as by accident or mistake.
verb:  (UK, slang, obsolete) To let fly; to attack or challenge someone.

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