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Antonyms for slip up
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : slip-uhp |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈslɪpˌʌp |
- accomplish
- accuracy
- achieve
- achievement
- advantage
- attend
- be certain
- be sure
- behave
- behavior
- benefit
- blessing
- care
- clear up
- comprehend
- continuity
- correct
- correction
- correctness
- deny
- discreetness
- discretion
- do correctly
- do well
- exaggerate
- figure correctly
- fix
- follow
- get
- good
- good deed
- heed
- honor
- idle
- interpret
- irresponsibility
- judgment
- kindness
- laze
- look at
- notice
- obedience
- obey
- order
- pay attention
- perceive
- perfect
- perfection
- praise
- prevent
- progress
- propriety
- recognize
- refuse
- regard
- remember
- remembrance
- respect
- restitution
- restore
- right
- seriousness
- serve
- soundness
- stay
- strength
- strong point
- succeed
- success
- thoughtfulness
- uncomplicate
- understand
- veto
- wisdom
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
- 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
Synonyms for slip up
- accountability
- addle
- answerability
- ball up
- be in error
- be inaccurate
- be incorrect
- be mistaken
- be off the mark
- be wrong
- blooper
- blow
- blunder
- bobble
- bollix
- boner
- boo-boo
- botch
- breach
- buck
- bumble
- bungle
- canter
- cast about
- come apart at the seams
- confound
- confuse
- crime
- crudeness
- culpability
- deceive oneself
- defect
- delinquency
- dereliction
- deviate
- disconcert
- discount
- disdain
- disregard
- drop the ball
- dropping the ball
- dumb move
- dumb thing to do
- err
- error
- evil doing
- excitability
- fail
- fail to notice
- failing
- failure
- fall
- fall down
- fall over
- fault
- faux pas
- flaw
- flop
- flounder
- flub
- flub-up
- fluff
- flummox
- foible
- folly
- fool mistake
- foolishness
- forget
- foul up
- foul-up
- founder
- frailty
- frolic
- fumble
- gaff
- gaffe
- gaucherie
- get signals crossed
- get wrong
- go astray
- go at backwards
- go headlong
- go to pieces
- go wrong
- goof
- goof-up
- grope
- guilt
- gum up
- hastiness
- have wrong impression
- hop
- howler
- ignore
- impropriety
- imprudence
- inaccuracy
- indiscreetness
- indiscretion
- infirmity
- ingenuousness
- jumble
- labor
- lapse
- leave out
- leave undone
- let fall between the cracks
- let go
- let slide
- liability
- lope
- lose balance
- lose footing
- loss of innocence
- louse up
- lurch
- make a faux pas
- make a mess
- make a mess of
- make a mistake
- make light of
- malfeasance
- malpractice
- mess up
- misapprehend
- misbehave
- miscalculate
- misconceive
- misconduct
- misconstrue
- miscount
- miscue
- misdeed
- misdeem
- misdemeanor
- misestimate
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misjudgment
- misknow
- misread
- misreckon
- miss
- miss by a mile
- miss one's cue
- miss the boat
- misspeak
- misstep
- mistake
- misunderstand
- mix up
- muddle
- muff
- naiveté
- negligence
- not know
- offend
- offense
- omission
- omit
- onus
- overestimate
- overlook
- overpass
- overrate
- oversight
- overvalue
- pass
- pass by
- pay no attention
- peccancy
- pitch
- play
- plunge
- pratfall
- put foot in
- put foot in mouth
- rashness
- recklessness
- responsibility
- screw up
- screw-up
- simple-mindedness
- sin
- skip
- slide
- slight
- slip
- slip of the tongue
- slip on
- slip up
- slip-up
- snafu
- snarl
- snarl up
- solecism
- sprawl
- spring
- stray
- strive
- stub one's toe
- stumble
- stupidity
- tactlessness
- take for
- tangle
- thoughtlessness
- thrash
- throw off
- toil
- topple
- toss
- transgress
- transgression
- travail
- trespass
- trip
- trip up
- tumble
- underestimate
- underrate
- undervalue
- unseemliness
- unsettle
- vice
- violation
- wallow
- wander
- weakness
- work at
- wrong
- wrongdoing
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