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to slip on

to slip on

25 1.9
To put clothes or shoes on quickly and easily
  • phrasal verb
  • /slɪp ɑn/
: ponerse
  • She decided to slip on her shoes and leave the house.
  • slip on a pair
  • slip on my shoes
  • slip on a shirt

So now this basically just slips on here.

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Examples

  • "Let's make it quick, squirt," Molly grumbled, slipping on her boots.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • After a long shower and a half hour of fussing with my hair, I slipped on the dress.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • You want to slip on a dress and give it a shot.

    The Expendables 3 (2014)

  • "Are you gonna help me or what?" I slipped on my boots and got out.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • By the door, I watched while she slipped on the sturdy tap shoes.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • After this, the soldier would then slip on his sandals over his socks for both warmth and for padding.

  • Finally getting her turn, Nadine rinsed off and slipped on her sandals.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Why don’t you and Jimmy Hamilton slip on by here?

    Arbor Day (1990)

  • If she's made you the belle of the ball, why don't you just slip on your tutu and do some dancing?

    Fly Me to the Moon (2024)

  • Hey, I should go and slip on my silk tuxedo and then we can trot out the champagne and the escargots.

    Problem Child 2 (1991)

Synonyms

to put on
vsto slip on
∞ 1.0

To dress yourself in clothes or wear things like makeup

is done quickly and easily needing little effort

Antonyms

to remove
∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

to take off
∞ 1.5

To remove clothes or something from your body

to slip off
24 2.8

To take off quickly and easily, especially clothes or small items

How Easy

to slip on
25 1.9
to put on
∞ 1.0
to struggle
∞ 2.8

Surface Forms

slip on infinitive
slipped on past
slipped on past participle
slipping on present participle
slips on third person singular

Morphology

slip + on

The sense 'to put on quickly' is directly derivable from 'slip' (to slide/move smoothly) + 'on' (onto a surface or body): the image of sliding an item onto oneself naturally yields 'put on' with a quick/easy nuance. This is a straightforward compositional motion + location pattern that a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer, and similar constructions exist in other languages.

Etymology

Slip on comes from a simple picture: clothing or shoes that slide easily into place, like a sock that slips on your foot. The verb slip and the particle on show something sliding onto the body, so it means 'to put on clothing quickly and easily'.