slip up

slip up
verb
make an error
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She slipped up and revealed the name

Syn: ↑stumble, ↑trip up
Derivationally related forms: ↑trip-up (for: ↑trip up), ↑slip-up, ↑stumble (for: ↑stumble), ↑stumbler (for: ↑stumble)
Hypernyms: ↑err, ↑mistake, ↑slip
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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MAKE A MISTAKE, (make a) blunder, get something wrong, make an error, err; informal make a bloomer, make a boo-boo; Brit. informal boob, drop a clanger; N. Amer. informal goof up.
slip

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intransitive verb
Etymology: slip (I) + up
: to make a mistake : blunder

slipped up in his calculations

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slip up
1. To make a mistake, to fail (informal)
2. To deceive or disappoint (Aust)
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Main Entry:slip

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ˌslip ˈup [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they slip up he/she/it slips up present participle slipping up past tense slipped up past participle slipped up] informal phrasal verb
to make a careless mistake

When you’re a politician everyone is always watching in case you slip up.

Thesaurus: to make a mistake, or to do something badlysynonym
Main entry: slip

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informal make a careless error

they often slipped up when it came to spelling

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slip up [phrasal verb]
informal : to make a mistake

Make sure you don't slip up again.

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ˌslip ˈup derived
(informal) to make a careless mistake

We can't afford to slip up.

The government slipped up badly over the scandal.

related noun slip-up
Main entry:slipderived

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