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[ slip-uhp ] / ˈslɪpˌʌp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR slip-up ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna mistake, blunder, or oversight: Several slip-ups caused a delay in the delivery of the books. Origin of slip-upFirst recorded in 1850–55; noun use of verb phrase slip up SYNONYMS FOR slip-uperror, lapse, bungle. SEE SYNONYMS FOR slip-up ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby slip-upslipstream, slipstreaming, slip through one's fingers, slip top, slip trailing, slip-up, slipware, slipway, slit, slit-drum, slit fricative Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for slip-upBoth Time and CNN reinstated Zakaria after determining the slip-up was “an isolated incident.” Can Fareed Zakaria Survive A Plagiarism Firestorm?|Lloyd Grove|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST For the Times, which had won four Pulitzer Prizes in 2013, the Snowden slip-up was a bitter pill to swallow. Is The Guardian Holding Back The New York Times’ Snowden Stories?|Lloyd Grove|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Smokers, for example, who may have gone weeks without a cigarette could fall back into a habit after just one slip-up. When Is It OK to Cheat? The Pros and Cons of Cheat Days|DailyBurn|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST What the slip-up teaches us about the science of rare events. The Gamma-Ray Burst That Wasn’t|Matthew R. Francis|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No chance of a slip-up in your information, is there, Chief? On Secret Service|William Nelson Taft We dont want any slip-up in the eight-oared race just because you want some fun. The Eight-Oared Victors|Lester Chadwick "I'll just think back a few lines and remember this little Caribbean slip-up," he laughed. Pirates' Hope|Francis Lynde He was a discreet young man, and he wanted to be very sure there would be no slip-up. Comrade Yetta|Albert Edwards Again blows were struck and again A inquired ferociously as to the cause of the slip-up. Pieces of Hate|Heywood Broun
British Dictionary definitions for slip-up
verb (intr, adverb)informal to make a blunder or mistake; err to fall overhe slipped up in the street noun slip-upinformal 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 Idioms and Phrases with slip-up
Make a mistake, blunder, as in I slipped up and gave the invitations to the wrong people. [Mid-1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to slip-upmiscue, lapse, recklessness, error, gaffe, misjudgment, offense, failing, negligence, violation, fault, indiscretion, omission, blunder, failure, transgression, breach, crime, oversight, sin |