slipping into
Easing oneself into
Slipping into describes entering something gradually or without effort.
You slip into comfortable clothes, slip into a warm bath, or slip into bed.
The phrase often suggests ease or stealth: She slipped into the room unnoticed.
Figuratively, it describes gradual transitions into states or habits: slipping into depression, slipping into old patterns, The country slipped into recession.
- enteringGoing into a place
- deep sleepUnconsciousness hard to rouse
- fallingMoving downward freely
- succumbingCeasing to resist
- driftingMoving without purpose
slide · merging · blending · shifting · inhabiting · creep · transitioning · surrendering · bad habits · infiltrating · donning · morphing · embracing · assimilating · easing · evolving · adopting · sneak