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SLIP UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slip up mean?
• SLIP UP (verb)
The verb SLIP UP has 1 sense:
1. make an error
Familiarity information: SLIP UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make an error
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
Context example:
She slipped up and revealed the name
Hypernyms (to "slip up" is one way to...):
err; mistake; slip (to make a mistake or be incorrect)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
slip-up (a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.)
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