“one 'slips”

The following 5 entries include the term one 'slips.

a smile on one's lips

idiom

: a smile

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bring a smile to one's lips

idiom

: to cause one to smile

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lick one's lips

idiom

: to pass one's tongue over the lips

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pucker one's lips

idiom

: to squeeze one's lips together in the way people do when they are going to kiss someone

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smack one's lips

idiom

: to close and open one's lips noisily especially before or after eating or drinking

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