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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : slip-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈslɪpˌʌp



Definition of slip up

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to escape, to move softly and quickly," from an unrecorded Old English word or cognate Middle Low German slippen "to glide, slide," from Proto-Germanic *slipan (cf. Old High German slifan, Middle Dutch slippen, German schleifen "to glide, slide"), from PIE *sleib-, from root *(s)lei- "slimy, sticky, slippery" (see slime (n.)).
  • From mid-14c. with senses "lose one's footing," "slide out of place," "fall into error or fault." Sense of "pass unguarded or untaken" is from mid-15c. That of "slide, glide" is from 1520s. Transitive sense from 1510s; meaning "insert surreptitiously" is from 1680s. Related: Slipped; slipping. To slip up "make a mistake" is from 1855; to slip through the net "evade detection" is from 1902.
  • As in indiscretion : noun mistake
  • As in lapse : noun mistake
  • As in slip : noun error, goof
  • As in blunder : noun mistake
  • As in fault : noun blame, sin; mistake
  • As in miscalculate : verb make a mistake
  • As in mistake : verb mix up, misunderstand
  • As in overlook : verb disregard, neglect
  • As in slip : verb err
  • As in trip : verb fall, err
  • As in blunder : verb make mistake
  • As in misestimate : verb miscalculate
  • As in misreckon : verb miscalculate
  • As in err : verb make a mistake; do wrong
  • As in flounder : verb struggle; be in the dark
Example sentences :
  • Slip up on your job and she'll be down on you like a thousand of brick.
  • Extract from : « Walter and the Wireless » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • "That's where you slip up, Nell," said Hamlin imperturbably.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
  • When this has been accomplished, the centre block will slip up and down.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Craftsman » by A. Neely Hall
  • Nine-tenths of the people who do this slip up on that banana peel.
  • Extract from : « A New Sensation » by Albert Ross
  • Do you want to know how I do when they try to slip up on me from behind?
  • Extract from : « Penrod » by Booth Tarkington
  • It should be fastened to a knot in the gut, so that it may not slip up and down.
  • Extract from : « Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do » by Anonymous
  • He turned to slip up the beach again, and found Blaise at his side.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Cache » by E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill
  • You slip up and get a bite and a cup of tea; then you can relieve me.
  • Extract from : « Under the Star-Spangled Banner » by F. S. Brereton
  • Were not through here yet and I dont want the scheme to slip up.
  • Extract from : « On Your Mark! » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • The convoy is to start from the crest, so you might slip up and see what can be done.
  • Extract from : « A Gallant Grenadier » by F.S. Brereton

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