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View synonyms for slip-up

slip-up

[ slip-uhp ]

noun

  1. a mistake, blunder, or oversight:

    Several slip-ups caused a delay in the delivery of the books.

    Synonyms: bungle, lapse, error



slip up

verb

  1. informal.
    to make a blunder or mistake; err
  2. to fall over

    he slipped up in the street

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. informal.
    a mistake, blunder, or mishap
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slip-up1

First recorded in 1850–55; noun use of verb phrase slip up
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Idioms and Phrases

Make a mistake, blunder, as in I slipped up and gave the invitations to the wrong people . [Mid-1800s]
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Example Sentences

A big plus about the tight, top-eight team format of the ICC Champions Trophy is that a little slip-up can cost even the heavyweights dear.

From BBC

Inevitably, some minor slip-up or misspeak would send us into debilitating, tear-filled laughter.

From Salon

Second, toxic masculinity isn't a slip-up or a gaffe.

From Salon

It seems this was a slip-up because Vance then tried to spin his own gaffe the way he spins Trump's various nutty comments, arguing with Bash about what the word "create" means.

From Salon

Wiegman was bullish in her responses, appearing calm and assured of her decisions but she knows England cannot afford to slip-up in France and fall further behind in their qualifying campaign.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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