lapse
noun
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard.
am lapsing
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present progressiveof lapse (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am lapsing into the past tense again.
From The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients by Frederick Trevor Hill
But I am lapsing into an educational dissertation, and must hasten back to colonial school-work.
From Town Life in Australia by Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny
