Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)A (small) error or mistake; a (minor) misstep.

    I think she will forgive an accidental slip-up, so don’t worry too much about misspeaking.

    kleines Missgeschick, Ausrutscher, Fehltritt

    промахpromax, ошибкаošibka

    a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

Translations

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Origin

Deverbal from slip up.

Deverbal from slip up.

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Forms

plural: slip-ups

Synonyms

39 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.:slipmiscueparapraxis

Word family

1 related words
Relatedslip up

See also

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