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    SLIP IN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Insert casuallyplay

    Example:

    She slipped in a reference to her own work

    Synonyms:

    insert; slip in; sneak in; stick in

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "slip in" is one way to...):

    add; append; supply (state or say further)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slip in"):

    spatchcock (interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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