slip under

English

Verb

slip under (third-person singular simple present slips under, present participle slipping under, simple past and past participle slipped under)

1. (transitive) To succumb to a change of mental state; or by extension, to succumb to a change in control.
   • 1994, Charles Holcomb, In the Shadow of the Han‎^[1]:

     When the Han court slipped under the sinister influence of eunuchs in the middle of the second century...

   • 2016, Brian Bouyea, Bare Knuckles & Saratoga Racing‎^[2]:

     As the bender wore on, Morrissey and his cronies eventually slipped under the haze of the booze.

   • 1994, Nora Roberts, Nora Roberts' The Irish-Born Trilogy‎^[3]:

     she murmured as she slipped under the fog.