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    [slip up]
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    1. make a careless error:
      "they often slipped up when it came to spelling"
    slip-up
    [ˈslipˌəp]
    noun
    informal
    slip-up (noun) · slip-ups (plural noun) · slipup (noun) · slipups (plural noun)
    1. a mistake or blunder:
      "we can't afford another slip-up"
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    definition
    1. make a careless error:
      blunder
      miscalculate
      err
      go wrong
      screw up
      boob
      goof up
      make a mistake
      make a blunder
      get something wrong
      make an error
      trip up
      make a boo-boo
      make a howler
      muff something up
      cock something up
      drop a clanger
      make a bloomer
    noun
    1. a mistake or blunder:
      mistake
      slip
      error
      blunder
      miscalculation
      oversight
      omission
      gaffe
      faux pas
      lapse
      inaccuracy
      fault
      defect
      boo-boo
      boner
      howler
      fail
      boob
      clanger
      bloomer
      cock-up
      goof
      blooper
      bloop
      lapsus linguae
      lapsus calami
      slip of the tongue/pen
     
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  1. Make a mistake or blunder
    slip up 2 of 2 verb slipped up; slipping up; slips up intransitive verb : to make a mistake : blunder

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    to make a small mistake, often as a result of not thinking carefully: It's easy for a journalist to slip up and use somebody else's idea without crediting him or her. slip-up noun [ C ] us / ˈslɪpˌʌp / a mistake that someone makes by not giving something enough attention:

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    What does slip up mean?
    pifiarla, descuido, metedura de pata… cometer um deslize, fazer um erro, mancada… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! SLIP UP definition: 1. to make a mistake: 2. a mistake or something that goes wrong 3. to make a mistake: .

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    What is a slip up phrasal verb?
    From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English slip up phrasal verb to make a mistake → slip-up The company apologized for slipping up so badly. on Someone had slipped up on the order. → slip → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus slip up • We'll just have to hope that the other teams slip up.

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    What is a slip up in a sentence?
    3. noun A minor mistake, blunder, or mishandling. In this usage, the phrase is often hyphenated. He's had one too many slip-ups in the office, so I think we have to let him go. He was overcharged due to a slip up on our end. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved. to climb something, slipping along the way.

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    What does slipway mean?
    3. a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat. 4. (also ˈslipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships. a loose, soft kind of shoe for wearing indoors. 1. so smooth as to cause slipping. The path is slippery – watch out!

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    What does the term 'deverbal from slip-up' mean?
    The term 'deverbal from slip-up' means 'a (small) error or mistake; a (minor) misstep'. ( idiomatic) I think she will forgive an accidental slip-up, so don’t worry too much about misspeaking. 'slip-up' in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. This page was last edited on 4 February 2024, at 05:39.

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    Is there a slip-up in the usual channels?
    There appears to have been a slip-up in the usual channels. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of slip-up? 犯錯誤，疏忽, 失誤，疏忽… 犯错误，疏忽, 失误，疏忽…

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