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let slip

verb as in give away

verb as in spill the beans

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Some let slip their secrets during the actual cook-off, when host Sarah Rankin interviews them as they stir away.

That same weekend, Russell let slip something of the level of discomfort the saga had produced in him.

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City twice let slip a lead on Wednesday night in the Champions League, being pegged back to a 2-2 draw in Monaco, with the second equaliser arriving in the 90th minute courtesy of England defender Eric Dier's cool penalty.

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But even he let slip that he "didn't really imagine this" as a scenario at the end of day two.

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Each county looks as it does in part because the vast Spanish land grants gave Orange County something L.A. had let slip away: immense tracts to build on.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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