slip the cable (English, verb)
expansion: slip the cable (third-person singular simple present slips the cable, present participle slipping the cable, simple past and past participle slipped the cable)
Senses:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To release the end of the cable (for mooring or anchoring) on board and let it all run out and go overboard, such as when it is not appropriate to weigh anchor.
tags: dated
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To die.
tags: dated
idiomatic
glosses: To shed, to get rid of
tags: dated
idiomatic
Forms:
form: slips the cable
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: slipping the cable
tags: participle
present
form: slipped the cable
tags: participle
past
form: slipped the cable
tags: past