SLIP-UP Definition & Meaning

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slip-up

[ slip-uhp ]

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noun

a mistake, blunder, or oversight:
Several slip-ups caused a delay in the delivery of the books.
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slip up

verb

informal.
to make a blunder or mistake; err
to fall over
he slipped up in the street

noun

informal.
a mistake, blunder, or mishap

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51�Թ� 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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England are poised to profit on any slip-up by title favourites France after scoring 10 tries in a record Six Nations win over a dismal Wales at the Principality Stadium.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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