schedule is slipping

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Hi, everyhone:-)I looked the word 'slip' in the dictionary, it has many different meanings, I don't know which one :-}What does it mean ?

Nef · Accepted Answer

IpodminiHi, everyhone:-)

I looked the word 'slip' in the dictionary, it has many different meanings, I don't know which one :-}

What does it mean ?

from www.dictionary.com

slip¹ (sl

p)
v. slipped, slip·ping, slips
v. intr.

1. To move smoothly, easily, and quietly: slipped into bed.
2. To move stealthily; steal.
3. To pass gradually, easily, or imperceptibly: “It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by” (Vita Sackville-West).
4. 1. To slide involuntarily and lose one's balance or foothold. See Synonyms at slide.
  2. To slide out of place; shift position: The gear slipped.
  3. To escape, as from a grasp, fastening, or restraint: slipped away from his pursuers.
  4. To decline from a former or standard level; fall off.
  5. To fall behind a scheduled production rate.
  6. To fall into fault or error. Often used with up.

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