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slip back

Verb

Meaning

slip back (third-person singular simple present slips back, present participle slipping back, simple past and past participle slipped back)

To return to a previous habit

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Reality is, you know, the tip of an iceberg of irrationality that we've managed to drag ourselves up onto for a few panting moments before we slip back into the sea of the unreal. Terence McKenna

A deepening slowdown in France is hurting Europe's fragile recovery and reviving fears that the region's second biggest economy could slip back into recession. Source: Internet

I have been having tingling in my legs lately and thought it was the old MS monster flaring up - then I read how tingling in the legs can be a symptom of celiac and realized how I have been allowing gluten to slip back into my diet. Source: Internet

Then he'd slip back into his alter ego — the smiling, laughing, sometimes goofy Uncle Charlie, who relishes his role as clubhouse mentor and gives as much effort to his various pet causes as he does to the Birds on the Bat. Source: Internet

They fear the industry will slip back into chaos and disorder after the withdrawal of international community in 2014. Source: Internet

We must not slip back - we must build on our foundation. Source: Internet

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