Definition of Slip up

1. Verb. Make an error. "She slipped up and revealed the name"

Exact synonyms: Stumble, Trip Up
Generic synonyms: Err, Mistake, Slip
Derivative terms: Slip-up, Stumble, Stumbler, Trip-up

Definition of Slip up

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To err, falter; to make a mistake. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slip Up

slip of the pen
slip of the tongue
slip off
slip on
slip one's mind
slip out
slip ring
slip rings
slip road
slip roads
slip sheet
slip someone's mind
slip stitch
slip through the cracks
slip under the radar
slip up (current term)
slipage
slipboard
slipboards
slipcase
slipcased
slipcases
slipcasting
slipcastings
slipcoat
slipcover
slipcovered
slipcovering
slipcovers
slipdress

Literary usage of Slip up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"slip up. To miscalculate ; to come to grief. 1854 Some men think the way is to got as many wives as they can ; now they may slip up on that. ..."

2. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"A total of initial 216 slip-up épisodes was reported, 44 of which resulted in a resumption of abstinence and 172 which led to relapse. ..."

3. Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations ... in by United States Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations (1905)
"I think the man will slip up on it. He will go part of the way and find somebody who knows something about the gin and ask him. ..."

4. The Freedom of the Fields by Charles Conrad Abbott (1898)
"Before I could find anything to say, he continued, " I drifted back to these parts, and there's just one thing I want to do 'fore I slip up " " slip up ? ..."

5. The Editor's Run in New Mexico and Colorado: Embracing Twenty-eight Letters by Charles Monroe Chase (1882)
"We left the house at half-past nine, and made out to "slip up" to the top of that hill in just three hours. We took rests, of course, because it was simply ..."

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