Usually means: Accidentally reveal a secret unintentionally.
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  1. let something slip: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. let something slip: Merriam-Webster
  3. let something slip: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. let something slip: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (let something slip)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To accidentally reveal a secret.

Similar:
spill the beans, let on, tip one's hand, let the cat out, slip, drop a hint, slip in, ooze, split, spill the tea, more...

Opposite:
conceal, withhold, guard, protect

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Similar:
spill the beans, let on, tip one's hand, let the cat out, slip, drop a hint, slip in, ooze, split, spill the tea, more...

Opposite:
conceal, withhold, guard, protect



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