slipped (on or into)

verb

past tense of slip (on or into)
as in threw (on)
to place on one's person wait here while I slip into something more comfortable

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slipped (on or into)
  1. put on
  2. donned
  3. rigged
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  • Across Lower East Side dives in the early 2000s, Brian Chase, Nick Zinner, and Karen O put on otherworldly rock shows that verged on performance art—a blaze of vodka-spitting, mic-fellating, IDGAF unruliness and explosive, clamorous tracks.
    — Megan Buerger, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Currently, these special taxes put on by voter signature gathering do not need to meet that threshold.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of put on
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  • When the tour got to Must-See TV, Guthrie donned a second costume, dressing as Friends’ Rachel Green alongside Jenna Bush Hager’s Phoebe Buffay.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Six times over the course of two weeks, Johnson donned two pairs of protective gloves.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of donned
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  • Trump endorsed Collins for the Republican nomination in a state where the president anchored his false claims that his 2020 defeat was rigged.
    — Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Lukashenko’s rule was challenged after a 2020 presidential election that kept him in power, when tens of thousands of people poured into the streets to protest a vote widely seen as rigged.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of rigged
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“Slipped (on or into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slipped%20%28on%20or%20into%29. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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