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Phrase(s): slip something back
1. to pull or place something back. • Alice slipped the gearshift lever back and away they went. • She slipped back the gearshift and sped away. 2. to return something secretively. • Someone took my wallet away and slipped it back later. • The thief slipped back my wallet, but the money was gone., Phrase(s): slip back (to someone or something)
to move quietly and cautiously back to someone or something. • Walter slipped back to Sally when her parents weren’t looking. • He slipped back and then Mary’s parents slipped back, and there was quite a scene.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs