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It's a slippery slope (5)

Ross

I think it could be either:

slide

piste
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'a slippery slope' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'it's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'slid' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for slide that I've seen before include "Playground equipment with sloping surface" , "Drop" , "Decline" , "Playground structure" , "Trombone part" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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